What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows

1934/10/18 • Released • English, French

Comedy
7.0
1h 29m

Overview

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.

Director : Gregory La Cava

Casts
Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Maggie Wylie

Brian Aherne

Brian Aherne

John Shand

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Lady Sybil Tenterden

Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson

La Contessa la Brierre

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

James Wylie

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

David Wylie

David Torrence

David Torrence

Alick Wylie

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Charles Venables

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)

Lowden Adams

Venables' Secretary (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

La Comtesse's Butler (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

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

Winter Hall

Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Eve Harrower

Katie Campbell, Bride at Railway Station (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Meeting Chairman (uncredited)

G.L. McDonnell

Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Janet Murdoch

Shand's Mother (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell

Party Supporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

Pat O'Hara

Shand's Friend (uncredited)

William Stack

William Stack

Tenterden, Sybil's Brother (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Cabinet Member (uncredited)

David Thursby

Best Man (uncredited)

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