Our Modern Maidens is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film starts Joan Crawford in her last film role without dialogue, the film also stars Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Anita Page.
| Our Modern Maidens | |
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by | Marian Ainslee Ruth Cummings |
| Screenplay by | Josephine Lovett |
| Story by | Josephine Lovett |
| Produced by | Jack Conway Hunt Stromberg (Uncredited) |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Rod La Rocque Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Anita Page |
| Cinematography | Oliver Marsh |
| Edited by | Sam S. Zimbalist |
| Music by | William Axt (Uncredited) Arthur Lange |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 76 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English intertitles |
| Budget | $283,000[1] |
| Box office | $857,000[1] |
Plot
editHeiress Billie Brown (Crawford), is engaged to marry her longtime sweetheart, budding diplomat Gil Jordan (Fairbanks). When Billie goes to see senior diplomat Glenn Abbott (La Rocque) about ensuring that Gil get a favorable assignment, Billie and Glenn are undeniably attracted to one another. Gil is likewise attracted to Kentucky Strafford (Page), Billie's houseguest, who becomes pregnant by Gil. Gil finds that he loves Kentucky, but marries Billie instead. Once Billie realizes that Kentucky is pregnant with Gil's child, their marriage is annulled and both are paired up with the people they truly love.
Cast
edit- Joan Crawford...Billie Brown
- Rod La Rocque...Glenn Abbott aka "Dynamite"
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr...Gil Jordan
- Anita Page...Kentucky Strafford
- Josephine Dunn...Ginger
- Edward Nugent...Reg
- Albert Gran...B. Bickering Brown
Music
editThe film featured a theme song entitled “I’ve Waited a Lifetime for You” by Joe Goodwin (words) and Gus Edwards (music).
Box office
editAccording to MGM records the film earned $675,000 in the US and Canada and $182,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $248,000.[1]
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Our Modern Maidens at IMDb
- Our Modern Maidens at AllMovie
- Our Modern Maidens at the TCM Movie Database
- Our Modern Maidens at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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