What Men Want | |
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Directed by | Ernst Laemmle |
Screenplay by | John B. Clymer Dorothy Yost |
Story by | Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Pauline Starke Ben Lyon Hallam Cooley Barbara Kent Robert Ellis Carmelita Geraghty |
Cinematography | Roy Overbaugh |
Edited by | Philip Cahn |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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