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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

on Oct 21, 2020 From Caftan Woman

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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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.


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.


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"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.
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.
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