Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

"Ben—can't you see the yearning in my innocent blue eyes?" Now something of a historical curiosity, Harry Beaumont's 1928 quasi-silent feature Our Dancing Daughters was a hit with Jazz Age filmgoers and launched Joan Crawford (née Lucille LaSueur) as a leading star. The…

Richard Chandler

wild that a film from 1928 has more progressive and nuanced takes on the life of a complex, free-thinking woman in a patriarchal society than some of the stuff getting made almost an entire century later

amanda

I think I just hit peak Flapper™ But no seriously, this was a great film with a surprisingly progressive view of being a flapper and a free spirited woman and how it isn't immoral to live that lifestyle. It's easy to see how this film catapulted Joan Crawford to stardom…

Erik [Auk]

A simple story of a love triangle between a very rich young man and two women who are pursuing him: one a “bad girl” who drinks, smokes, and stays out all night dancing the Charleston, and the other a “good girl” who conforms to all of society’s expectations for nice young…

atmartin

diana and beatrice should have married each other #justsaying

eden

I love watching baby Joan Crawford in silents because you can already tell how good she is, even that young. I could've done without the over the top ending, but overall this is a decent little movie (even if the main love interest is a flop), and the outfits are to die for…

alsoghosts

Our Dancing Daughters launched Joan Crawford into stardom as the quintessential, peppy flapper girl. Unlike The Unknown, one of Joan's previous films, you can see she was, if not already the final product, on the verge of becoming one: she was a star who was only going to…

Christopher Moore

Joan Crawford achieved major stardom with her portrayal of "Dangerous" Diana Medford, the wild jazz age flapper with the decent, honest heart, in this silent classic. Miss Crawford's dancing may not hold up very well for some modern viewers, but she gives a solid dramatic…

Michael Wilson

Crazy how women just kissed each other on the lips for fun in the 1920s😳

Alex Franqueira