Wives Never Know

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 75 min
  • Premiere: 1936. September 18.

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".

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Charles Ruggles

Homer Bigelow

Mary Boland

Marcia Bigelow

Adolphe Menjou

J. Hugh Ramsey

Vivienne Osborne

Renée La Tour

Claude Gillingwater

Mr. Gossamer

Fay Holden

Mrs. Gossamer

Louise Beavers

Florabelle

Norma Lee

Miss Turner

Constance Bergen

Miss Giddings

Don Rowan

Foreman

Irving Bacon

Dr. Mumford

Gertrude Astor

Mrs. Merchant (uncredited)

Paul Barrett

Gardner (uncredited)

Irene Bennett

Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Drunk (uncredited)

Mildred Booth

Mrs. Lawyer (uncredited)

Agostino Borgato

Italian Count (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Jack Byron

Drunk (uncredited)

Lillian Dean

Gossip (uncredited)

John Dilson

Doctor (uncredited)

Ellen Drew

Information Clerk at Flowerland Nurseries (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Mr. Lawyer (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Doctor (uncredited)

Phyllis Godfrey

Mrs. Ormsby (uncredited)

Grace Goodall

Mrs. Banker (uncredited)

Roger Gray

Farmer (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Fat Man (uncredited)

William Irving

Drunk (uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren

Miss Flinton (uncredited)

Jack Kennedy

Policeman (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Bartender (uncredited)

Priscilla Lawson

Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)

Frank Leigh

Britisher (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Mr. Banker (uncredited)

Jacques Lory

Frenchman (uncredited)

Nick Lukats

Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Scout (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

Proprietor (uncredited)

Jeanne Perkins

Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Doorman (uncredited)

James Pierce

Dentist (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Mr. Merchant (uncredited)

Carl Schaele

Waiter (uncredited)

C.L. Sherwood

Second Bartender (uncredited)

Ernest Shields

Drunk (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

John M. Sullivan

Director (uncredited)

Leora Thatcher

Gossip (uncredited)

Lillian West

Gossip (uncredited)

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

A. E. Freudeman

Set Decoration

Camera

George T. Clemens

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Directing

Elliott Nugent

Director

James Dugan

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

Sound

Charles Hisserich

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Boris Morros

Music Director

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

A. E. Freudeman

Set Decoration

Camera

George T. Clemens

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Directing

Elliott Nugent

Director

James Dugan

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

Sound

Charles Hisserich

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Boris Morros

Music Director