Lady Be Good (1928 film) explained

Lady Be Good
Director:	Richard Wallace
Producer:	Charles R. Rogers
Starring:	Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall
Cinematography:	George J. Folsey
Editing:	Stuart Heisler
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Lady Be Good is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace. The film is based on the 1924 musical of the same name by George Gershwin and starred Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mackaill.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Jack Mulhall as "Mysterio" the magician
• Dorothy Mackaill as his assistant
• John Miljan as Murray
• Nita Martan as Madison
• Dot Farley as Texas West
• James Finlayson as Trelawney West
• Aggie Herring as Landlady
• Jay Eaton as Dancer
• Eddie Clayton as Dancer
• Yola d'Avril as Assistant
• Don Charno and His Martini Orchestra (uncredited)
• Charlie Hall as Backstage Actor in Blackface (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Lady Be Good located in any film archives,^[3] it is considered a lost film.^[4]

External links

• • Progressive Silent Film List: Lady Be Good at silentera.com

Notes and References

1. Book: White Munden, Kenneth . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. 1997. University of California Press. 0-520-20969-9. 1307.
2. News: GREAT FARCE COMEDY PICTURE AT AMERICAN FOR BUTTE SHOW FANS. Anaconda Standard. July 29, 1928. C_10.
3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6736/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lady Be Good
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Lady Be Good at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1928