This Modern Age

This Modern Age (1931)

Beautiful Joan as a Daughter of Today coming face to face with the stern realities of life and love for the first time!

A Harvard football star disobeys his upper class parents and runs off with his true love.

Date of release
1931-08-29
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director
Nick Grindé

Casting

Interesting facts

This Modern Age is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick and Albert Conti.

Production

The film was based upon the story Girls Together by Mildred Cram, and follows the story of a socialite girl deciding between the social sins of her mother and a comfortable life in the arms of a rich suitor.

This Modern Age is notable for Crawford playing a blonde. According to a biography, she "wore her hair that color because the actress who was originally to play the part of the mother, Marjorie Rambeau, was a blonde. When Rambeau became ill, the part was recast with a brunette actress, Pauline Frederick, whom Joan greatly admired. Joan's scenes had already been shot, and the difference in hair color was not reason enough to reshoot them.

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