Desc: What Wives Want: Directed by Jack Conway. With Ethel Grey Terry, Vernon Steele, Ramsey Wallace, Niles Welch. Claire Howard, neglected by her husband, Austin, succumbs to the attentions of Austin's business partner, John Reeves, to the dismay of Alice Loring, her sister. When Claire ignores Alice's advice to end the affair, Alice goes to Reeves hoping to reason with him. Austin and Alice's husband, David, discover Alice and Claire with Reeves, but Alice takes the blame--causing David to ask for a divorce. Claire confesses to Austin, who resolves to mend his ways, and Alice is reunited with David.