Glad Rag Doll (1929)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman tries to find love and security in the late 1920s. She faces romantic troubles and difficult choices about her future.

romanticemotionalsentimentalmelancholicdramaticmusicalperiod piece

What happens

Glad Rag Doll is a 1929 American sound part-talkie pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Dolores Costello, Ralph Graves, 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 Harrison's Reports, 80 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film's working title was Alimony Annie, but was changed match the title of the theme song. The theme song is entitled Glad Rag Doll both played and sung throughout the soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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