Womanpower

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Womanpower
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Screenplay byKenneth B. Clarke
Based onYou Can't Always Tell
by Harold MacGrath
Starring Ralph Graves
Katherine Perry
Margaret Livingston
Ralph Sipperly
Will Walling
David Butler
CinematographyRudolph J. Bergquist
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 19, 1926 (1926-09-19)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Womanpower is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film stars Ralph Graves, Katherine Perry, Margaret Livingston, Ralph Sipperly, Will Walling and David Butler. The film was released on September 19, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3] The short story was remade as Right to the Heart (1942).

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