The Joy Girl (1927)

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat ... See full summary »

Director:

Allan Dwan

Writers:

Frances Agnew, Malcolm Stuart Boylan (titles)

Stars:

Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, Marie Dressler

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Olive Borden	...	Jewel Courage
Neil Hamilton	...	John Jeffrey Fleet
Marie Dressler	...	Mrs. Heath
Mary Alden	...	Mrs. Courage
William Norris	...	Herbert Courage
Helen Chandler	...	Flora
Jerry Miley	...	Vicary
Frank Walsh	...	Hugh Sandman
Clarence Elmer	...	Valet (as Clarence J. Elmer)
Peggy Kelly	...	Isolde
Jimmy Grainger Jr.	...	Chauffeur

Storyline

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.

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Plot Keywords:

society | 

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Taglines:

What happens when youth runs wild? (Print Ad- Union-Democrat, ((Sonora, Calif.)) 21 April 1928)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

3 September 1927 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Menina Alegre

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White Color (2-strip Technicolor) (two sequences)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two sequences filmed in 2-strip Technicolor, totaling 285 feet in length, occur at the beginning of the film, in Reel #1, and at the end of the film, in Reel #7.

User Reviews

A very usual film.

This film only exists in the Czechoslovakian print, and has yet (in 2014)to have it's titles restored to English. The Technicolor sequence, I believe,was a long pan of the palm beach crowds out on a boardwalk, now only in black & white.

Marie Dressler has one short scene as a buyer in Madge Bellamy's hat shop, where she's tricked into buying a quickly constructed chapeau in the belief it is a Parisian original, thanks to a fake label.

The best scene is when the cad that married her reveals himself, and Neil Hamilton, just barely controlling himself from punching out the villain. Though Olive and the settings are very attractive, and the rich-folk automobiles and clothes are impressive, the melodramatic story was pretty stale even then, with little excitement now, and the overall direction tepid.