Alice, Eddie, Ruth and Danny are a quartet of youthful merrymakers. They are forbidden to go to a dance by Alice's father.


Is Alice Be Good worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but with a significant asterisk. This 1926 silent comedy is less a timeless piece of entertainment and more a fascinating historical artifact, offering a window into the nascent days of cinematic storytelling and the burgeoning youth culture of the Roaring Twent...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Edward F. Cline

Edward F. Cline
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"Is Alice Be Good worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but with a significant asterisk. This 1926 silent comedy is less a timeless piece of entertainment and more a fascinating historical artifact, offering a window into the nascent days of cinematic storytelling and the burgeoning youth culture of the Roaring Twenties. It's a film for those with a genuine interest in silent cinema, film history, or a curiosity about the comedic sensibilities of nearly a century ago. It is emphatically not f..."
Billy Gilbert
James Gruen, Margaret Houghton, Al Giebler, Gilbert Pratt, Harry McCoy
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