Underplayed Gems

Glad Rag Doll (1929)

Glad Rag Doll poster
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
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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.

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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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