What Every Woman Knows (1917 film)

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What Every Woman Knows
Directed by Fred W. Durrant
Based onthe play What Every Woman Knows by J.M. Barrie
Starring
Production
company
Barker-Neptune
Distributed byLucoque Films
Release date
  • August 1917 (1917-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

What Every Woman Knows is a 1917 British comedy drama film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring Hilda Trevelyan, Madge Tree and Maud Yates. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1908 play What Every Woman Knows by J.M. Barrie. American versions were filmed in 1921 and 1934.

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Premise

A young Scottish woman has an arranged marriage with a rising politician and becomes the secret behind his success. However their relationship is threatened by the arrival of a glamorous English socialite who threatens to steal her husband away.

Partial cast

References

  1. BFI entry on film