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Dancing Mothers


Date: 1926
Type: Drama
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Herbert Brenon
Producer: Harry Brenon

Comment/Synopsis

A woman (Alice Joyce) finds her husband is having an affair and her daughter (Clara Bow) is seeing a man (Conway Tearle) with an unsuitable reputation and spends her time alone at home. Encourged by her friend she goes out on the town and ends up starting an affair with her daughters boyfriend. The film revolves around the decisions being made by Alice Joyce as she deals with her husband's infidelity and a proposal from from the ubsuitable man her daughter has been seeing. It is however the the performance of Clara Bow that steals the film. She brings an energy and vitality in her performance and helped by some enticing outfits.

Actors


Alice Joyce
Clara bowClara Bow
Conway TearleConway Tearle
Norma Trevor
Eleanor Lawson
Dorothy Cumming
Donald Keith
leila HyamsLeila Hyams

Oscars

None
Production
Paramount Pictures