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8.5/10   1,385 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Agnes Christine Johnston (treatment) and
Laurence Stallings (treatment) ...
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Release Date:
20 November 1928 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Colonel Pepper brings his daughter, Peggy, to Hollywood from Georgia to be an actress. There she meets... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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User Comments:
delightful more (23 total)

Cast

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Marion Davies ... Peggy Pepper

William Haines ... Billy Boone
Dell Henderson ... Colonel Pepper
Paul Ralli ... Andre

Tenen Holtz ... Casting Director
Harry Gribbon ... Comedy Director
Sidney Bracey ... Dramatic Director (as Sidney Bracy)
Polly Moran ... The Maid
Albert Conti ... Producer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
83 min (copyright length) | USA:78 min (Turner Library Print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (musical score and sound effects) | Silent
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Based on the career of Gloria Swanson, who began her career in comedy. more
Quotes:
Billy Boone: [looks at Peggy's makeup] Remember, Baby, you're not painting a bungalow. more
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Soundtrack:
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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
delightful, 20 July 2003
9/10
Author: jimi99 from denver

This for me was a wonderful introduction to the talents and beauty of Marion Davies. She is not only gorgeous but hilarious in this film. (I believe that Lucille Ball may have modeled her later career on Davies' style, that could be termed "zany beauty".) Vidor's direction is light but sure-handed, the story is a chestnut of course but the acting is marvelously contemporary, and the star-watching element for fans of the silent era, with many cameos, adds to the overall fun. It combines the elements of slapstick with adult drama and good old timeless romance quite well. For all movie fans who have a knee-jerk reaction to watching silent films, sit through this one and it may change your attitude.

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