Our Modern Maidens
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Conway
Written byMarian Ainslee
Ruth Cummings
Screenplay byJosephine Lovett
Story byJosephine Lovett
Produced byJack Conway
Hunt Stromberg (Uncredited)
StarringJoan Crawford
Rod La Rocque
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Anita Page
CinematographyOliver Marsh
Edited bySam S. Zimbalist
Music byWilliam Axt (Uncredited)
Arthur Lange
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • August 24, 1929 (1929-08-24)
Running time
76 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English intertitles
Budget$283,000[1]
Box office$857,000[1]

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.

Plot

Heiress 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

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled “I’ve Waited a Lifetime for You” by Joe Goodwin (words) and Gus Edwards (music).

Box office

According 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]

Accolades

The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2002 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved August 19, 2016.

External links

Films directed by Jack Conway
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