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My Lady of Whims

  • 19251925
  • PassedPassed
  • 59m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Clara Bow, Donald Keith, and Lee Moran in My Lady of Whims (1925)
  • Comedy
Clara plays wealthy Prudence Severin, whose reckless, profligate behavior causes nothing but headaches for her father. A detective (Lee Moran) is hired to protect Prudence from herself, but ... Read allClara plays wealthy Prudence Severin, whose reckless, profligate behavior causes nothing but headaches for her father. A detective (Lee Moran) is hired to protect Prudence from herself, but to no avail.Clara plays wealthy Prudence Severin, whose reckless, profligate behavior causes nothing but headaches for her father. A detective (Lee Moran) is hired to protect Prudence from herself, but to no avail.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
145
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  • Director
    • Dallas M. Fitzgerald
  • Writers
    • Edgar Franklin(adapted from the Argosy story "Protecting Prue" by)
    • Doris Schroeder
  • Stars
    • Clara Bow
    • Carmelita Geraghty
    • Betty Baker
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  • Director
    • Dallas M. Fitzgerald
  • Writers
    • Edgar Franklin(adapted from the Argosy story "Protecting Prue" by)
    • Doris Schroeder
  • Stars
    • Clara Bow
    • Carmelita Geraghty
    • Betty Baker
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    • 5User reviews
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    Clara Bow in My Lady of Whims (1925)
    Clara Bow in My Lady of Whims (1925)
    Clara Bow in My Lady of Whims (1925)
    My Lady of Whims (1925)
    Clara Bow and Carmelita Geraghty in My Lady of Whims (1925)

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    Clara Bow
    Clara Bow
    • Prudence Severnas Prudence Severn
    Carmelita Geraghty
    Carmelita Geraghty
    • Wayne Leighas Wayne Leigh
    Betty Baker
    • Mary Severnas Mary Severn
    Donald Keith
    Donald Keith
    • Bartley Greeras Bartley Greer
    Lee Moran
    Lee Moran
    • Dick Flynnas Dick Flynn
    Francis McDonald
    Francis McDonald
    • Rolfeas Rolfe
    John Cossar
    John Cossar
    • James Severnas James Severn
    Lux MacBride
    Lux MacBride
    • Capt. Ordwayas Capt. Ordway
    Robert Rose
    • Sneathas Sneath
    • Director
      • Dallas M. Fitzgerald
    • Writers
      • Edgar Franklin(adapted from the Argosy story "Protecting Prue" by)
      • Doris Schroeder
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    Clara plays wealthy Prudence Severin, whose reckless, profligate behavior causes nothing but headaches for her father. A detective (Lee Moran) is hired to protect Prudence from herself, but to no avail.
    • flapper
    • bohemian
    • costume party
    • marriage of convenience
    • greenwich village manhattan new york city
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    • Taglines
      • CLARA BOW AND LEE MORAN In a screen production that will keep you perched on the very edge of your chair 'till the final climax. (Print Ad- Utica Daily Press, ((Utica, NY)) 15 September 1926)
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • Passed
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    • Trivia
      UCLA has the 75-minute version of this film in its Film & Television Archive; it was obtained from the collection of the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood in 1999, via David Packard, noted film historian and collector.
    • Connections
      Edited into The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999)

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    A Comedy Without the Laughs
    My Lady of Whims (1925)

    ** (out of 4)

    This was the last of fifteen movies Clara Bow released in 1925 so one can understand why she and her screenwriters would be tired. Originally this ran seven reels but the only version available today is a Kodascope version running 42-minutes. In the film Bow plays Prudence Severn, a rich girl who runs off to Greenwich Village so that her writing can have more spirit to it. Her rich father fears that she's up to no good by partying too much so he hires a man (Donald Keith) to keep an eye on her and bring her home. He eventually falls in love not knowing that she knows who hired him. This so-called comedy is very short on laughs and it's not charming, sweet or very entertaining. At just 42-minutes there's really nothing overly awful about it but at the same time there's really nothing to recommend in it. As with most of these films I'm sure the main reason people are going to tune in is for Bow and she's pretty much what you'd expect. She's certainly lively enough and you can easily see why men would be drooling all over her but at the same time her performance really isn't anything to write home about. Yes, she's decent enough playing the party girl but I just never really felt anything else from her. I certainly never laughed at any of her actions. Keith is pretty bland here as he doesn't have a bit of energy in him and not once did I ever feel any chemistry between him and Bow. Lee Moran steals the film with the few scenes that he's in. The screenplay is pretty much by the numbers and there's not a single thing that happens that makes you like the characters or feel for them. Perhaps something was lost in this shortened version but apparently reviews of the original weren't that good either.
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    • Release date
      • December 1925 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paa Jagt efter Spænding
    • Production company
      • Dallas M. Fitzgerald Productions
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    • Runtime
      59 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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