What Every Woman Knows (1921)

Directed by

William Churchill deMille

Genre

silent film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman quietly influences the men in her life, especially her husband, to succeed in politics and society. She uses her cleverness behind the scenes to help him without him realizing it.

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What happens

What Every Woman Knows is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film adapted from the play What Every Woman Knows by James Barrie. The play had premiered on Broadway in 1908 and was a hit starring Maude Adams. A British silent film version had been made in 1917 and a later American talkie would be produced in 1934 with Helen Hayes. This silent film version was directed by William C. deMille continuing his forte at adapting literary and/or stage plays to the silent screen. The film stars Lois Wilson and Conrad Nagel. This version is now lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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