What Every Woman Knows (1934) |
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| Director(s) | Gregory La Cava |
| Producer(s) | Irving Thalberg (uncredited), Albert Lewin, Gregory La Cava |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
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Helen Hayes
(as Maggie Wylie)
Brian Aherne
(as John Shand)
Lucile Watson
(as La Contessa la Brierre)
Dudley Digges
(as James Wylie)
Donald Crisp
(as Mr. David Wylie)
David Torrence
(as Alick Wylie)
Henry Stephenson
(as Charles Venables)
Winter Hall
(as Cabinet Member)
What Every Woman Knows Overview:
What Every Woman Knows (1934) was a Comedy - Film directed by Gregory La Cava and produced by Irving Thalberg, Albert Lewin and Gregory La Cava.
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CMBA 2020 FALL BLOGATHON, POLITICS ON FILM: What Every Woman Knows, 1934
Politics on Film is the topic for the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall Blogathon running from October 20th to 23rd. Click HERE for the fascinating contributions to this timely blogathon. John Shand is a young man of great confidence and ambition. Shand has a lot of opinions and a talent ... Read full article
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What Every Woman Knows Quotes:
Alick Wylie:
What is charm exactly, Maggie?
Maggie Wylie: Oh, it's... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need anything else. And if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, a few, have charm for all, and most have charm for one, and some have charm for none.
Maggie Wylie: Oh, it's... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need anything else. And if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, a few, have charm for all, and most have charm for one, and some have charm for none.
Mr. David Wylie:
That's the way I like to hear you talk. A young Scotsman turned loose on the world with three hundred pounds. What could he not do? It's appalling to think of. Especially if he went among the English.
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Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Wilson Benge (Butler), Leo G. Carroll (Senate head) and Harry Allen & Dan Maxwell (Stone buyers).
After a disappointing preview in Los Angeles, director Gregory La Cava put the film back in production for retakes, but complained so bitterly that Helen Hayes decided to abandon movies and concentrate on stage productions because of his attitude.
Some confusion exists as to who played Tenterden in the film. Film Daily and Variety lists Boyd Irwin in the role, but the New York Times and the Call Bureau Cast Service credit 'William Stack'. In the viewed print, it is clearly 'William Stack'.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 2, 1947 with Helen Hayes reprising her film role.
The play opened in London, England, UK on 3 September 1908 and on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 23 December 1908. The New York run lasted 198 performances and its cast included Maude Adams, Lumsden Hare and David Torrence, who is also in this film. There were 2 Broadway revivals, the last in 1947; Helen Hayes starred in the 1926 revival.