Underplayed Gems

Women They Talk About (1928)

Women They Talk About poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two women navigate romance and social expectations in the 1920s. The film shows their personal choices and the reactions of the people around them.

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What happens

Women They Talk About is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Irene Rich and Audrey Ferris. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, only 14 minutes of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures It is considered to be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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