"After devouring Jungle Red! in two sittings, I'm here to say that the multitalented Illeana Douglas was born to write about the making of one of the all-time funniest, bitchiest, wisest, most enjoyable movies of Hollywood's Golden Age. Jungle Red! brims with the wit, intelligence, knowhow, self-assurance, and high style the subject deserves. It's impressively researched, empathetic, amusingly reported, jam-packed with delicious gossip, and it assigns blame and lavishes credit on all the right parties--the playwright, the screenwriters, the director, the producer, the cast, the studio, the sexist culture in which it was created, the works. I'm guessing that any fan of The Women will savor this book's intrigues, revelations, and delicious indulgences. Consider it the literary equivalent of the films high caloric Pancakes Barbara." -- Stephen Rebello, author of Criss-Cross - Making Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train "In this fun and smart account, actor and film historian Douglas (Connecticut in the Movies) chronicles the making of The Women, a 1939 film featuring a cast of 135 women--including Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer--and no men. Douglas traces the long, circuitous development process for the film . [Jungle Red!] reveals the complexities inherent to getting a movie made, from stars buying the favor of the crew by having ice cream delivered to set to the perceived politics of a costume choice and camera setup.

Film buffs will flock to this." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[C]onversational yet info-packed . offers gossipy tidbits about [The Womens] offscreen feuds and fights but also provides plenty of background that might surprise even the most devoted fans . will please cineastes, Old Hollywood buffs, and readers of LGBTQIA+ histories." -- Library Journal (starred review) "With a breezy but incisive veracity, [Illeana] Douglas reveals the intrigue behind granular aspects of the production of [The Women], especially the personality conflicts that upended everything from costume design to set lighting. A film fans dream." -- Booklist (starred review) "[An] engaging work . a book for cinema completists who like a deep dive into one film, with details about everyone from the art director to the hair stylist .

contains juicy stories . A fun biography of an underappreciated cinema landmark." -- Kirkus Reviews.