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Our Dancing Daughters

- THE JAZZ-MAD GIRL, THE JAZZ-MAD WHIRL: A romance of flaming youth, the children of the rich, and the jazz-mad age.

A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

Release Date : 1928-09-01

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Joan Crawford

Character Name : Diana 'Di' Medford

Original Name : Joan Crawford

Gender : Female

Johnny Mack Brown

Character Name : Ben Blaine

Original Name : Johnny Mack Brown

Gender : Male

Nils Asther

Character Name : Norman

Original Name : Nils Asther

Gender : Male

Dorothy Sebastian

Character Name : Beatrice 'Bea'

Original Name : Dorothy Sebastian

Gender : Female

Anita Page

Character Name : Ann 'Annikins'

Original Name : Anita Page

Gender : Female

Kathlyn Williams

Character Name : Ann's Mother

Original Name : Kathlyn Williams

Gender : Female

Edward Nugent

Character Name : Freddie

Original Name : Edward Nugent

Gender : Male

Dorothy Cumming

Character Name : Diana's Mother

Original Name : Dorothy Cumming

Gender : Female

Huntley Gordon

Character Name : Diana's Father

Original Name : Huntley Gordon

Gender : Male

Evelyn Hall

Character Name : Freddie's Mother

Original Name : Evelyn Hall

Gender : Male

Sam De Grasse

Character Name : Freddie's Father

Original Name : Sam De Grasse

Gender : Male

Bert Moorhouse

Character Name : Diana's Party Friend (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-24

This might have made for a better story had either of the women vying for the hand of millionaire "Ben" (Johnny Mack Brown) actually had a real man to chase. The parade of rather similar, foppish, characters on offer for them here really do make you wonder whey they didn't just pick each other. Except, of course, that would defeat the purpose - and that's to marry into money. So to that end the outgoing, vivacious "Diana" (Joan Crawford) sets her cap at our charm-free hero only to find that the more shrewd "Ann" (Anita Page) has adopted a rather more cunning, low-key, approach to her goal. Whilst society likes "Diana", it takes a pretty dim view of her as marriage material and of course "Ben" just takes the easy option. Once married, though, he begins to realise he's make a mistake. His wife is a spoilt, boozing and rather unpleasant woman who plays around with the handsome but boyish "Freddie" (Edward J. Nugent). Things come to an head when "Diana" decides to go to the continent for a year or two and sister "Bea" (Dorothy Sebastian) holds her a going away party. In vino veritas and all that now follows, with tragic results. The story is a bit whimsical, and the characters play largely to the stereotypes of spoiled and shallow rich folks - but it's very clear right from the outset that Crawford is a star. Her characterful joie-de-vivre, her lively dancing and delightful facial expressiveness show clearly that she is the owns the screen here, and that she is going to continue to do so moving forward too. The photography captures both the joy and intensity of the story nicely as this story of 1920s unhappiness and conformity plays out before us.