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What Every Woman Knows (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090527164902/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/394685 BFI entry on film] It is an adaptation of the 1908 play 'What Every Woman Knows' by J.M. Barrie. American versions were filmed in 1921 and 1934.
Premise
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.
Partial cast
* Hilda Trevelyan - Maggie Wylie
* Maud Yates - The Comtesse
* Madge Tree - Mother
* A.B. Imeson
References
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