What Every Woman Wants (1919 film)

What Every Woman Wants
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Directed by	Jesse D. Hampton
Written by	William Parker (story and screenplay)
Starring	Grace Darmond; Wilfred Lucas
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Release date	February 23, 1919;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

What Every Woman Wants is a 1919 American drama film directed by Jesse D. Hampton and starring Grace Darmond, Wilfred Lucas, Forrest Stanley, and Claire Du Brey. Based on a screenplay by William Parker, the film was released by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] Gloria Graham (Darmond), a young woman employed at an office for a small salary, believes that the capacity of a business woman for success depends upon dressing well. After she goes into debt, she is about to be rescued by marriage to the man she loves, Philip Belden (Stanley), but World War I breaks out and he enlists. Shen then falls for a snare set by her employer Horace Lennon (Lucas), who sends her to a clothing shop with a card allowing her to buy what she wants and to charge it to his account. After news arrives that her lover is missing in action, she marries her employer to allow her to indulge in her love of luxury. Her soldier lover, released from a German prisoner-of-war camp, returns and discovers that Gloria is married. He happens to be in the vicinity of her husband's house when the husband is accidentally shot by the maid. Gloria is suspected of killing her husband and arrested, but the truth is revealed by the end of the film.

Cast

Wilfred Lucas as Horace Lennon
Grace Darmond as Gloria Graham
Forrest Stanley as Philip Belden
Percy Challenger as Timothy Dunn
Bertram Grassby as Marston Hughes
Barbara Tennant as Phyllis Miles
Claire Du Brey as Sylvia
William De Vaull as Norman
Mary Warren as Mamie Vezey
Charles K. French as Attorney for the Defense (credited as Charles French)

References

TCM Database entry
MacDonald, Margaret I. (Mar 8, 1919). "Reviews and Advertising Aids: What Every Woman Wants". Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 39 (10): 1389–90. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

External links

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[1] TCM Database entry

[2] MacDonald, Margaret I. (Mar 8, 1919). "Reviews and Advertising Aids: What Every Woman Wants". Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 39 (10): 1389–90. Retrieved 2014-08-09.