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Smart Woman is a 1931 pre-Code comedy-romance and drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Mary Astor, Robert Ames, and John Halliday.




Plot


Mrs. Nancy Gibson (Mary Astor) sets out to regain the affections of her cheating husband Donald Gibson (Robert Ames), after she returns from a trip to Paris, where she had to look after her sick mother.
To welcome her in her beautiful house are her servants as well as husband and wife Billy (Edward Everett Horton) and Sally Ross (Ruth Weston) — Don's business partner and Don's sister. Nancy learns that Don is with his mistress, Peggy Preston (Noel Francis), who very often is accompanied by her mother Mrs. Preston (Gladys Gale). Nancy has the affection of the Rosses and her servants, but she is at first very shocked. Then she decides to play the modern wife and invites Peggy Preston and her mother for the weekend in her house as her guests. Pretending she herself has fallen for Sir Guy Harrington (John Halliday), a man she met in Europe (in fact she met him on the ship on the way home), she invites him too, hoping his flirtation will help her to gain back her husband, whom she still loves.




Cast


Mary Astor as Mrs. Nancy Gibson
Robert Ames as Donald Gibson (final film role)
John Halliday as Sir Guy Harrington
Edward Everett Horton as Billy Ross
Ruth Weston as Mrs. Sally Gibson Ross
Noel Francis as Peggy Preston
Gladys Gale as Mrs. Preston
Alfred Cross as Brooks the Butler
Lillian Harmer as Mrs. Windleweaver
Bill Elliott as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Deck Lounger (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe as Passenger Departing Ship (uncredited)
Pearl Varvalle as Helen, Gibson's maid (uncredited)




Reception


In his New York Times review, critic Mordaunt Hall called Smart Woman a "neat diversion"..."spoken by competent players and Gregory La Cava has directed it with a keen eye on its none too rugged story."




References






External links


Smart Woman at IMDb
Smart Woman at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Smart Woman at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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