| What Men Want | |
| Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
| Screenplay: | John B. Clymer Dorothy Yost |
| Story: | Samuel Hopkins Adams |
| Starring: | Pauline Starke Ben Lyon Hallam Cooley Barbara Kent Robert Ellis Carmelita Geraghty |
| Music: | Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography: | Roy Overbaugh |
| Editing: | Philip Cahn |
| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 65 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
What Men Want is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Laemmle and starring Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Hallam Cooley, Barbara Kent, Robert Ellis and Carmelita Geraghty. (All three credited actresses were WAMPAS Baby Stars.) Written by John B. Clymer and Dorothy Yost, the film was released on July 13, 1930, by Universal Pictures.[1] [2] [3]
Lee Joyce tells her lover, Howard LeMoyne, that she is actually in love with another man, Kendall James. As soon as her breakup happens, Lee's younger sister Betty turns up and Kendall becomes infatuated with her instead. In anger, Lee shatters her sister's romance by revealing her previous affair with Kendall, after which Lee tries to return to Howard.