In OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS, Joan Crawford stripped to her teddy and tore
into a Charleston powered by a zillion watts of sexual energy — and
shocked the corsets and cravats off parents who'd heard disturbing
rumblings of what their children were up to. But the younger generation
couldn't get enough: they'd found their icon of Flaming Youth. Crawford
became a star in this milestone silent about a good girl who hides her
heart behind a party-girl mask and loses the man she loves to a gold
digger. The film's portrait of a fascinating (and a bit frightening)
breed of young women who match men drink for drink and vice for vice was
so popular it bred two similarly themed movies: OUR MODERN MAIDENS and
OUR BLUSHING BRIDES.
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Writers:
Josephine Lovett, Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings
Starring:
Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, Kathlyn Williams
Producer:
Hunt Stromberg