
Maurice Travers attends college through the self-sacrificing efforts of his mother. However, his love for sports and consequent neglect of his studies prevent his graduation.


The 1930s cinematic landscape was a crucible for exploring the human condition, and *If Women Only Knew* stands as a testament to the era’s unflinching gaze into personal and societal disintegration. Directed with a deft touch by Honoré de Balzac and Gardner Hunting, the film is less a mere melodrama than a psycholo...

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" The 1930s cinematic landscape was a crucible for exploring the human condition, and *If Women Only Knew* stands as a testament to the era’s unflinching gaze into personal and societal disintegration. Directed with a deft touch by Honoré de Balzac and Gardner Hunting, the film is less a mere melodrama than a psychological excavation of its characters’ moral landscapes. Maurice Travers (Frederick Burton), the protagonist whose life is a series of misjudged choices, is framed as both victim and ..."
Honoré de Balzac, Gardner Hunting
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