Dancing Mothers

Dancing Mothers is a 1926 black & white silent film drama, produced by Paramount Pictures, in late 1925. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon, and stars Alice Joyce, Conway Tearle, and making her debut appearance for a Paramount Pictures film, Clara Bow. Dancing Mothers was released to the general public on March 1, 1926. The film survives on 16mm film stock and is currently kept at the Film & Television Archive of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Contents

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• Synopsis
• Cast
• Reception
• References

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a pretty mother, who was almost cheated out of life by a heartless husband and a thoughtless daughter.

Cast

Alice Joyce – Ethel "Buddy" Westcourt (played by Mary Young in play)

Norman Trevor – Hugh Westcourt (played by Henry Stephenson in play)

Clara Bow – Katherine "Kittens" Westcourt (played by Helen Hayes in play)

Conway Tearle – Gerald "Jerry" Naughton (played by John Halliday in play)

Eleanor Lawson – Irma (played also by Lawson in play; under the name Elsie Lawson)

Dorothy Cumming – Mrs. Mazzarene

Donald Keith – Kenneth Cobb

Leila Hyams – Birdey Courtney

Spencer Charters – Butter and Egg Man

Reception

"A splendid picture containing mother appeal, flapper appeal and well balanced with comedy and a climax that's different, since 'they don't live happy ever after'".

"...it is an effective drama, well acted and Clara Bow is a real little modern."

"It is a picture that strikes home to the adult mind and is a tremendous indictment to every age."