Women Who Play

Women Who Play is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Mary Newcomb, Benita Hume and George Barraud. It was produced by Walter Morosco and Alexander Korda and has a screenplay by Basil Mason and Gilbert Wakefield.^[2] It is based on the 1925 play Spring Cleaning by Frederick Lonsdale.^[3]

Women Who Play
film poster from cinema programme
Directed by	Arthur Rosson
Screenplay by	Frederick Lonsdale (play) Basil Mason Gilbert Wakefield
Produced by	Walter Morosco Alexander Korda (uncredited)
Starring	Mary Newcomb Benita Hume George Barraud
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Production company	Paramount British Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	March 1932 (1932-03) (U.K.)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$105,000[1]

Premise

In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme.

Cast

• Mary Newcomb as Mona
• Benita Hume as Margaret Sones
• George Barraud as Richard Sones
• Joan Barry as Fay
• Barry Jones as Ernest Steele
• Edmund Breon as Rachie Wells
• Gerald Lyle as Bobby
• Sylvia Leslie as Lady Jane
• Evan Thomas as Willie

Production

Women Who Play was filmed at British and Dominion Studios, Elstree, in Hertfordshire, England for Paramount British Pictures.^[2]

See also

• The Fast Set (1924)