The Joy Girl (1927)
Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.
- Date of release
- 1927-09-03
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Allan Dwan
Casting
- Olive Borden — Jewel Courage
- Neil Hamilton — John Jeffrey Fleet
- Marie Dressler — Mrs. Heath
- Mary Alden — Mrs. Courage
- William J. Norris — Herbert Courage
- Helen Chandler — Flora
- Jerry Miley — Vicary
- Frank Walsh — Hugh Sandman
- Clarence Elmer — Valet
- Peggy Kelly — Isolde
- Jimmy Grainger Jr. — Chauffer
Interesting facts
The Joy Girl is a 1927 American two-strip Technicolor silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan, released by Fox Film Corporation, starring Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, and Marie Dressler, and based on the short story of the same name by May Edginton.
Production
Location filming took place in Palm Beach, Florida. Either part or all of the film was shot in Technicolor. It was the last film to be shot in the second Technicolor process ("System 2"), before the company's implementation of a new, improved format in 1928.
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