A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend..


If you have any interest in seeing Joan Crawford before she became the 'scary' version of Joan Crawford, you should probably watch this. It is a 1929 silent film, but it feels like it’s screaming to be a talkie. It is definitely worth a watch if you like Art Deco furniture and people who stare at each other intensely f...


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"If you have any interest in seeing Joan Crawford before she became the 'scary' version of Joan Crawford, you should probably watch this. It is a 1929 silent film, but it feels like it’s screaming to be a talkie. It is definitely worth a watch if you like Art Deco furniture and people who stare at each other intensely for three minutes straight. People who hate slow pacing or 'over-acting' will probably want to throw thier remote at the screen though. Joan plays Billie, and she is just... vibrat..."
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