He Learned About Women

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He Learned About Women
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Directed by Lloyd Corrigan
Screenplay byLloyd Corrigan
Harlan Thompson
Ray Harris [1]
Starring Stuart Erwin
Susan Fleming
Alison Skipworth
Gordon Westcott
Grant Mitchell
Sidney Toler
Cinematography Charles Lang [2]
Music by John Leipold
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 2, 1933 (1933-03-02)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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He Learned About Women is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Harlan Thompson and Ray Harris. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Susan Fleming, Alison Skipworth, Gordon Westcott, Grant Mitchell, and Sidney Toler. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. [3] [4]

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Plot

"Story of youth who comes into fortune and prepares to see life." [5]

"Alison Skipworth joins the cast as a would be swindler who doesn't quite succeed as she plans" [6]

"a childlike playboy inherits the family fortune and gets himself a worldly butler who teaches him how to behave in a manner befitting his wealth and social station" [7]

"A debonair butler shows his wealthy master how to be a sophisticated man of the world" [8]

"When hermit Peter Potter Kendall II inherits fifty million dollars,
his attorney, James Drake, appoints Peter's valet, J. F. Wilson,
to teach Peter about the world, then leaves for Europe...." [9]

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series". November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018– via Google Books. He learned about women; by Lloyd Corrigan, screen play by Harlan Thompson and Ray Harris, directed by Lloyd Corrigan. 7 reels. (C) Nov. 8, 1932
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jack Alicoate, ed. (1933). "The 1933 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures". The Film Daily . Retrieved November 18, 2018– via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "He Learned About Women". afi.com. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "He Learned About Women (1932) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ "He Learned about Women (1932)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "He Learned About Women (1933)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ He Learned About Women (1933) - Loving The Classics
  8. ↑ "HE LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN". Filmbankmedia. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "He Learned About Women (1932)". AFI-Catalog. Retrieved November 18, 2018.


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