What Every Woman Knows
1934 | 89m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
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| Writer: | Monckton Hoffe, James Kevin McGuinness, John Meehan |
| Staring: |
| Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 18, 1934 |
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| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
| Writer: | Monckton Hoffe, James Kevin McGuinness, John Meehan |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, scotland, arranged marriage, ambition, wife, marriage crisis, election campaign, countess, based on play or musical, agreement, member of parliament, other woman, loyal wife, political aspiration, engagement contract, young scholar, woman behind the man, mismatched couple, financial backer, protective brothers |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helen Hayes | Maggie Wylie |
| Brian Aherne | John Shand |
| Madge Evans | Lady Sybil Tenterden |
| Lucile Watson | La Contessa la Brierre |
| Dudley Digges | James Wylie |
| Donald Crisp | David Wylie |
| David Torrence | Alick Wylie |
| Henry Stephenson | Charles Venables |
| Donald Meek | Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited) |
| Lowden Adams | Venables' Secretary (uncredited) |
| Norman Ainsley | La Comtesse's Butler (uncredited) |
| Sidney Bracey | Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited) |
| Phyllis Coghlan | Alice, Maggie's Maid in London (uncredited) |
| George Cowl | Cabinet Member (uncredited) |
| Phillip Dare | Bridegroom (uncredited) |
| Neil Fitzgerald | Shand's Friend (uncredited) |
| Elinore Grant | Committee Member (uncredited) |
| Winter Hall | Cabinet Member (uncredited) |
| Eve Harrower | Katie Campbell, Bride at Railway Station (uncredited) |
| Ramsay Hill | Cabinet Member (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Meeting Chairman (uncredited) |
| G.L. McDonnell | Cabinet Member (uncredited) |
| Janet Murdoch | Shand's Mother (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Party Supporter (uncredited) |
| Pat O'Hara | Shand's Friend (uncredited) |
| William Stack | Tenterden, Sybil's Brother (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Cabinet Member (uncredited) |
| David Thursby | Best Man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Marian Ainslee | Dialogue |
| Lansing C. Holden | Art Direction |
| John Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Monckton Hoffe | Screenplay |
| Blanche Sewell | Editor |
| Charles Maxwell | Orchestrator |
| Gregory La Cava | Director |
| James Kevin McGuinness | Screenplay |
| Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| John Meehan | Screenplay |
| J.M. Barrie | Theatre Play |
| Albert Lewin | Production Supervisor |
| Lesley Selander | Assistant Director |
| Edwin B. Willis | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gregory La Cava | Producer |
| Albert Lewin | Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Executive Producer |
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