Our Modern Maidens

Our Modern Maidens
Our Modern Maidens
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Conway
Written by	Marian Ainslee; Ruth Cummings
Screenplay by	Josephine Lovett
Story by	Josephine Lovett
Produced by	Jack Conway; Hunt Stromberg (Uncredited)
Starring	Joan Crawford; Rod La Rocque; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Anita Page
Cinematography	Oliver Marsh
Edited by	Sam S. Zimbalist
Music by	William Axt (Uncredited); Arthur Lange
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 24, 1929;
Running time	76 mins.
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); English intertitles
Budget	$283,000
Box office	$857,000

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

Joan Crawford...Billie Brown
Rod La Rocque...Glenn Abbott aka "Dynamite"
Douglas Fairbanks Jr...Gil Jordan
Anita Page...Kentucky Strafford
Josephine Dunn...Ginger
Edward Nugent...Reg
Albert Gran...B. Bickering Brown

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

Our Modern Maidens at IMDb
Our Modern Maidens at AllMovie
Our Modern Maidens at the TCM Movie Database
Our Modern Maidens at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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