Dry Martini (1928)
It's Naughty But It's Nice
Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild time and ends up leaving France with her father's drinking buddy, Freddie, and Willoughby goes back to his dry martinis.
- Date of release
- 1928-10-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Casting
- Mary Astor — Elizabeth Quimby
- Matt Moore — Freddie Fletcher
- Jocelyn Lee — Lina
- Albert Gran — Willoughby Quimby
- Marcella Corday — Mrs. Koenig
- Sally Eilers — Lucille Grosvenor
- Tom Ricketts — Joseph
- Hugh Trevor — Bobbie Duncan
- John Webb Dillion — Frank
Interesting facts
Dry Martini is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring Mary Astor and Matt Moore. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Samuel L. Rothafel also contributed music for the film. It was adapted from the 1926 novel Dry Martini: a Gentleman Turns to Love by John Thomas. Ray Flynn was an assistant director.
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