An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
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Cast
Marion Davies | ... |
Patricia Harrington
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Orville Caldwell | ... |
Tony Anderson
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Marie Dressler | ... |
Ma Harrington
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Lawrence Gray | ... |
Billy Caldwell
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Dell Henderson | ... |
Pa Harrington
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Jane Winton | ... |
Grace Harrington
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William A. Boardway | ... |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Dick Gordon | ... |
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
King Vidor |
Written by
Barry Conners | ... | (story) (play) |
Ralph Spence | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
Marion Davies | ... | producer |
William Randolph Hearst | ... | producer (uncredited) |
King Vidor | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Vivek Maddala |
Cinematography by
John F. Seitz | ... | (photographed by) (as John Seitz) |
Editing by
Hugh Wynn |
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons |
Costume Design by
Gilbert Clark |
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland | ... | makeup artist |
Music Department
Richard Bronskill | ... | orchestrator |
Vivek Maddala | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Agnes Christine Johnston | ... | adaptation and continuity |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Cosmopolitan Productions (for)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1928) (United States) (theatrical)
- Jury Metro-Goldwyn (1928) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-titled)
- Paramount-Ufa-Metro-Verleihbetriebe GmbH (Parufamet) (1929) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner Archive Collection (2009) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- Tadcaster Studios (original music recorded and mixed at)
- Tadcaster Studios (sound post-production)
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Taglines | THE LEAP YEAR PICTURE! (Print Ad- Elmira Star-Gazette, ((Elmira NY)) 6 November 1928) See more » |
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Box Office
Budget | $272,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Marion Davies impersonates movie stars Mae Murray, Pola Negri, and Lillian Gish in an attempt to gain the attention of Lawrence Gray. See more » |
Goofs | When Tony and the family get into their cars to go to the yacht-club dinner, the night sky is completely dark. But when Billy arrives at the pier in his boat after they've already started eating, the sky is much lighter. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996). See more » |
Quotes |
Grace Harrington:
Stupid! How do you feel now? Patricia Harrington: [Pretending to be off her rocker in order to gain Ma's symphathy] You know how you feel when you don't know how you feel? That's how I feel. See more » |