What Every Woman Knows

  • Comedy
10/18/1934
89

Storyline

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
Writers:
Monckton Hoffe
James Kevin McGuinness
John Meehan
    • sibling relationship
    • wife
    • election campaign
    • marriage crisis
    • scotland
    • arranged marriage
    • ambition
    • based on play or musical
    • countess
    • agreement
    • member of parliament
    • other woman
    • loyal wife
    • political aspiration
    • engagement contract
    • young scholar
    • woman behind the man
    • mismatched couple
    • financial backer
    • protective brothers

    Cast

    • 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)

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