What Every Woman Knows | |
Director: | Fred W. Durrant |
Based On: | the play What Every Woman Knows by J.M. Barrie |
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Studio: | Barker-Neptune |
Distributor: | Lucoque Films |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
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.
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.