Charming Sinners
5.7
“It takes a smart woman to outwit a clever man — especially when that man is her husband!”
Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he falls in love with Anne-Marie Whitley (Mary Nolan), the best friend of his own wife Kathryn (Ruth Chatterton). In retaliation, Kathryn begins a flirtation with her former boyfriend Karl Kraley (William Powell). After reels and reels of verbal fencing, the status quo is re-established, and Robert and Kathryn are reunited.
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Ruth Chatterton
Kathryn Miles
Known for
Dodsworth
Clive Brook
Robert Miles
Known for
Shanghai Express
Cavalcade
Robert Milton
W. Somerset Maugham
Also in
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Cover to Cover
W Somerset Maugham
Mary Nolan
Anne-Marie Whitley
Also in
West of Zanzibar
Desert Nights
Doris Anderson
Victor Milner
William Powell
Karl Kraley
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Verna Willis
Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Carr
Known for
Camille
Angel
Florence Eldridge
Helen Carr
Known for
The Divorcee
Inherit the Wind
Dorothy Arzner Director · Robert Milton Director Doris Anderson Screenplay
United States release August 17, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 17, 1929
Theatrical
Argentina
June 18, 1930
Denmark
October 10, 1930
Finland
September 8, 1930
Ireland
May 2, 1930
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