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Director:
John G. Blystone
Writers:
Edna Ferber (story)
Marion Orth (adaptation)
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Release Date:
28 October 1928 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Love Hungry...Dancing Daughters...of the Stage (original ad) more
Plot:
A stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don't do that, daughter" story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Madge Bellamy ... Sally Quail
Louise Dresser ... Ma Quail
Barry Norton ... Boy
Albert Gran ... Sam Kingston
Alyce McCormick ... Bessie (as Joy Auburn)
Annette De Kirby ... Bessie, as a child
Stuart Erwin ... Ben
Ivor De Kirby ... Ben, as a child
Lucien Littlefield ... Pa Quail
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Anne Shirley ... Sally, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (talking sequences) | Silent
Company:
Fox Film Corporation more

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Fox's first ever talking picture. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Personality Parade (1938) more

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