a hugely enjoyable screen version of rona jaffe best sell pot boiler about the trial and tribulation and ( and and naturally and the love ) and of a group of woman involve in one way or another in the new york publishing business . direct by jean negulesco and fairly fresh from the success of three coin in a fountain and and the prototype for the like of sex and the city and except that here the sex all take place off screen . the bright young female talent of the day and ( hope lange and diane baker and suzy parker and martha hyer ) and be all nicely cast while joan crawford pop up a a queen bitch of an editor who could probably eat meryl streep miranda priestly and spit her out while with absolutely no effort at all she steal the movie . the men include stephen boyd and louis jourdan and ( if it wasn not rossano brazzi it have to be louis jourdan ) and robert evans and ( before he decide and wisely and to go behind the camera ) and brian aherne . there be more suds on display than you will find in your average launderette but if and like me and you enjoy desperate housewife and not to mention carrie bradshaw and company then you will probably love this . a very guilty pleasure .