WHY BE GOOD? (1929)Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton & Bodil Rosing | Comedy, Drama | B&W |Vintage Cinema

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Why Be Good? is a 1929 American Synchronized sound comedy film produced by First National Pictures starring Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton. While the film has no audible dialogue, it is accompanied by a Vitaphone soundtrack that features a musical score with sound effects and some synchronized singing.

Synopsis

Winthrop Peabody Jr. and his friends prepare to frolic into the night before he must begin work the following day at his father's department store. Before departing, Winthrop Peabody Sr. lectures his son about women and warns him to avoid the store's female employees.

Pert Kelly, after winning a dance contest, is wooed by gentlemen of questionable character. Pert catches the eye of Peabody Jr., who drives her home and schedules a date for the following night. Because she was out late, Pert is tardy to work and must report to the personnel office, where she is surprised to find Peabody Jr. working. Peabody Sr. sees what has happened and fires Pert.

Peabody Jr. explains to Pert that it was not he who had terminated her, and they schedule another date. Lavish gifts arrive for Pert to wear to the next date. Her father admonishes her about the lack of virtues of the modern man, and Peabody Sr. repeats his warning to his son.

On the next date, Peabody Jr. has devised a test of Pert's virtue. When he tries to push her past her personal limits, she protests and passes his test. They are married that night and prove her virtue to Peabody Sr., who cannot now refute it.

Cast & Crew

Colleen Moore as Pert Kelly
Neil Hamilton as Winthrop Peabody Jr.
Bodil Rosing as Ma Kelly
John St. Polis as Pa Kelly
Edward Martindel as Winthrop Peabody Sr.
Louis Natheaux as Jimmy Alexander
Eddie Clayton as Tim
Lincoln Stedman as Jerry
Collette Merton as Julie
Dixie Carter as Susie

Directed by: William A. Seiter
Written by: Paul Perez
Screenplay by: Carey Wilson
Story by: Carey Wilson
Produced by: John McCormick
Starring: Colleen Moore
Cinematography: Sidney Hickox
Edited by: Terry O. Morse

Production Company: First National Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release Date: February 28, 1929
Running Time: 84 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Sound (Synchronized), English intertitles