Lady Be Good (1928 film)
| Lady Be Good | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Written by | Adelaide Heilbron Jack Wagner Sidney Lazarus (intertitles) Gene Towne (intertitles) |
| Based on | Lady Be Good 1924 by George Gershwin |
| Produced by | Charles R. Rogers |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Lady Be Good is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace. The film is based on the 1924 musical of the same name by George Gershwin and starred Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mackaill.[1][2]
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- Jack Mulhall as "Mysterio" the magician[2]
- Dorothy Mackaill as his assistant[2]
- John Miljan as Murray
- Nita Martan as Madison
- Dot Farley as Texas West
- James Finlayson as Trelawney West
- Aggie Herring as Landlady
- Jay Eaton as Dancer
- Eddie Clayton as Dancer
- Yola d'Avril as Assistant
- Don Charno and His Martini Orchestra (uncredited)
- Charlie Hall as Backstage Actor in Blackface (uncredited)
Preservation
[edit]With no prints of Lady Be Good located in any film archives,[3] it is considered a lost film.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 1307. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ a b c "GREAT FARCE COMEDY PICTURE AT AMERICAN FOR BUTTE SHOW FANS". Anaconda Standard. July 29, 1928. p. C_10.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lady Be Good
- ^ Lady Be Good at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Lady Be Good at AllMovie
- Lady Be Good at the TCM Movie Database
- Lady Be Good at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- 1928 films
- 1928 romantic comedy films
- Lost American romantic comedy films
- American silent feature films
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- Films based on musicals
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- First National Pictures films
- 1928 lost films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American romantic comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- English-language romantic comedy films
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