Pretty Ladies
(1925) American
C/B&W : Six reels / 5828 feet
Directed by Monta Bell

Cast: ZaSu Pitts [Maggie Keenan], Tom Moore [Al Cassidy], Ann Pennington [herself], Lilyan Tashman [Selma Larson], Bernard Randall [Aaron Savage], Helen D’Algy [Adrienne], Conrad Nagel [Maggie’s dream lover], Norma Shearer [Frances White], George K. Arthur [Roger Van Horn], Lucille LeSueur (Joan Crawford) [Bobby], Paul Ellis [Warren Hadley], Roy D’Arcy [Paul Thompson], Gwendolyn Lee (Gwen Lee) [Fay], Dorothy Seastrom [Diamond Tights], Lew Harvey [Will Rogers], Chad Huber [Frisco], Walter Shumway [Mr. Gallagher], Dan Crimmins [Mr. Shean], Jimmy Quinn [Eddie Cantor], Myrna Loy

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / Scenario by Alice D.G. Miller, from the short story “Pretty Ladies” by Adela Rogers St. John. Cinematography by Ira H. Morgan. / © 10 August 1925 by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP21723]. Released [?] 26 July or 6 September? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. / Crawford’s film debut, as an chorus girl extra.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists (minus the Technicolor sequences).

Keywords: Blackface - Color cinematography - Dancers - USA: New Jersey (Atlantic City), New York (New York) - Vaudeville

Listing updated: 23 January 2008.

References: Basten-Technicolor p. 169; Eames-MGM p. 27; FilmDaily-1926 pp. 46, 51; Null-Black p. 19; Quirk-Crawford pp. 14, 28, 29 : ClasIm-221 p. 14 : Website-AFI.