He Knew Women (1930)

Director
F. Hugh Herbert; Lynn Shores

Main cast
Lowell Sherman; Alice Joyce; David Manners; Frances Dade

Genres
Romance, Comedy

Description
A novelist has to chose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic.


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