What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 18, 1934

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.

What Every Woman Knows

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 18, 1934

What Every Woman Knows
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title What Every Woman Knows
Directors Lesley Selander, Gregory La Cava
Writers John Meehan, Monckton Hoffe, James Kevin McGuinness, Marian Ainslee, J.M. Barrie

Cast

Helen Hayes

as Maggie Wylie

Brian Aherne

as John Shand

Madge Evans

as Lady Sybil Tenterden

Lucile Watson

as La Contessa la Brierre

Dudley Digges

as James Wylie

Donald Crisp

as David Wylie

David Torrence

as Alick Wylie

Henry Stephenson

as Charles Venables

Donald Meek

as Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)

Lowden Adams

as Venables' Secretary (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as La Comtesse's Butler (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)

Phyllis Coghlan

as Alice, Maggie's Maid in London (uncredited)

George Cowl

as Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Phillip Dare

as Bridegroom (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald

as Shand's Friend (uncredited)

Elinore Grant

as Committee Member (uncredited)

Winter Hall

as Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Eve Harrower

as Katie Campbell, Bride at Railway Station (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

as Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)

G.L. McDonnell

as Cabinet Member (uncredited)

Janet Murdoch

as Shand's Mother (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Party Supporter (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

as Shand's Friend (uncredited)

William Stack

as Tenterden, Sybil's Brother (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Cabinet Member (uncredited)

David Thursby

as Best Man (uncredited)