Why Be Good?
| Why Be Good? | |
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| File:Why be good 2.jpg Ad for the film | |
| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by | John McCormick |
| Starring | Colleen Moore Neil Hamilton Bodil Rosing |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | US |
Why Be Good? (1929) is a silent comedy film from First National Pictures starring Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton. The film had a Vitaphone soundtrack with music and sound effects.
Plot
Pert Kelly (Moore), a good girl with a wild reputation, meets Peabody, Jr. That night they set a date for the next evening, but the next morning when Pert shows up for work, she discovers that Peabody Jr. is the personnel manager, son of Peabody, Sr., who owns the store where Pert works. Pert is fired but Jr. is still smitten.
Jr. then invites her to a fancy party at his parents' home. The father is displeased, but Junior informs him that he's devised a test of her virtue. When he tries to push her past her personal limits, she protests, and in the process passes the test. They are married that night.[1]
Cast
- Colleen Moore ... Pert
- Neil Hamilton ... Peabody Jr.
- Bodil Rosing ... Ma Kelly
- John St. Polis ... Pa Kelly (as John Sainpolis)
- Edward Martindel ... Peabody Sr.
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).
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