Matinee Ladies (1927)
A STORY OF WIVES AND GIGOLOS
Law student Bob Ward, short on money, takes a job as a "dancing companion" at a roadhouse, where most of his clients are women looking for a little excitement outside their marriage. He falls in love with Sallie Smith, a cigarette girl at the roadhouse, but wealthy young wastrel Tom Mannion also has his eyes on Sallie. Tom persuades her to attend a party on his yacht, and since Sallie has had a fight with Bob over his job, she accepts. Complications ensue.
- Date of release
- 1927-04-09
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Byron Haskin
Casting
- May McAvoy — Sallie Smith
- Malcolm McGregor — Bob Ward
- Hedda Hopper — Mrs. Aldrich
- Margaret Seddon — Mrs. Smith
- Richard Tucker — Tom Mannion
- Cissy Fitzgerald — Madame Leonine
- William Demarest — Man About Town
- Jean Lefferty — Maizie Blossom
Interesting facts
Matinee Ladies was a 1927 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Directed by Byron Haskin, the film starred May McAvoy and was Haskin's first directorial effort after having been a cinematographer. Matinee Ladies is now considered lost.
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