Desc: Sweethearts and Wives: Directed by Clarence G. Badger. With Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer, Crauford Kent. Sweethearts and Wives is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film with comedic elements produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The movie stars Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer and Leila Hyams. The film was based on the play, entitled Other Men's Wives, by Walter C. Hackett.