Smart Woman

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Smart Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, centered on a sophisticated woman’s response to her husband’s infidelity.

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A Smart Woman 1
Smart Woman canonical 1

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instanceOf American film
comedy-drama film
film
pre-Code film
basedOn play by Frederick Lonsdale
characterInPlot Billy Ross
Donald Gibson
Nancy Gibson
Sir Guy Harrington
cinematographyBy J. Roy Hunt
countryOfOrigin United States
director Gregory La Cava
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Jack Kitchin
filmEra pre-Code Hollywood
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
filmingProcess 35 mm
format black-and-white film
genre comedy-drama
romantic drama
hasAlternativeTitle A Smart Woman
linked to: Smart Woman
hasCastMember Betty Lawford
Edward Everett Horton
Gladys Gale
Hedda Hopper
John Halliday
Juliette Compton
Mary Astor
Robert Ames
Ruth Weston
Walter Walker
hasTheme female independence
marital infidelity
romantic rivalry
leadActor Mary Astor
leadCharacter Nancy Gibson
musicBy Max Steiner
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A sophisticated wife discovers her husband’s infidelity and devises a clever plan to win him back.
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDateUS 1931-09-11
releaseYear 1931
runtimeMinutes 75
screenwriter Gertrude Purcell
Harvey F. Thew NERFINISHED
setting Long Island
sound mono
timePeriodDepicted contemporary 1930s high society

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Gregory La Cava notableWork Smart Woman
Smart Woman hasAlternativeTitle A Smart Woman
linked to: Smart Woman