Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
Acting
Pauline Frederick's ice-queen mother-in-law steals every scene
Writing
Pre-Code dialogue punches harder than expected
Director
Edward Sloman
Nancy Carroll
Daisy Frost
Richard Arlen
David Frost
Pauline Frederick
Mrs. Eleanor Frost
John Litel
Robert 'Bob' Daniels
Margalo Gillmore
Louisa Daniels
Dorothy Stickney
Hattie
Gertrude Michael
Mary Morton
Sarah Edwards
Nurse (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Dorothy Mathews
Showgirl (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Edward Sloman's final film before he quit directing for radio; perhaps the mother-in-law plot hit too close to home.
Released just before strict Production Code enforcement, Wayward gets away with frank discussions of marital dissatisfaction that vanished from screens until the 1950s.
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