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Director:
Harry Beaumont
Writers:
Josephine Lovett (story)
Josephine Lovett (scenario)
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Release Date:
1 September 1928 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Diana is outwardly the hit of the party but inwardly virtuous and idealistic. Her friend Ann is thoroughly selfish and amoral... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
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Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Diana 'Di' Medford

Johnny Mack Brown ... Ben Blaine (as John Mack Brown)
Nils Asther ... Norman
Dorothy Sebastian ... Beatrice 'Bea'

Anita Page ... Ann 'Annikins'
Kathlyn Williams ... Ann's mother
Edward J. Nugent ... Freddie (as Edward Nugent)
Dorothy Cumming ... Diana's mother
Huntley Gordon ... Diana's father (as Huntly Gordon)
Evelyn Hall ... Freddie's mother
Sam De Grasse ... Freddie's father (as Sam de Grasse)
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Runtime:
USA:84 min (Turner library print) | USA:85 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (musical score and sound effects) | Silent
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Company:
Cosmopolitan Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film that made 'Crawford, Joan' a star. more
Quotes:
Bandleader: Come on, Miss Diane, strut your stuff! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I Loved You Then (As I Love You Now) more

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Great cast can't save predictable script, 14 April 2009
6/10
Author: Michael Morrison (morrisonhimself@consultant.com) from Arizona

Joan Crawford was THE flapper.

People who know her from her padded-shoulder days might not know she was well known as a dancer in the early days of her career and of motion pictures.

She was very watchable, usually, and certainly so in "Our Dancing Daughters." Anita Page was paired with Crawford often, but here she is a not very likable character. Too bad, but she is very good in the role.

In a more agreeable part, Dorothy Sebastian is very likable, and very pretty.

Nils Asther is cast in a not too sympathetic role, too, and Johnny Mack Brown, still better known for his cowboy roles, also plays a dumb man and the two of them make us wonder what women see in us anyway.

Frankly, the film is predictable in its plotting, but the people are worth watching.

The version I saw was on Turner Classic Movies, and the soundtrack was rather annoying. One particular vocal recording was played over and over and over and became very intrusive.

I recommend watching it for its historical value, but can't imagine wanting to see it more than once.

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