Dancing Mothers

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Dancing Mothers
Clara Bow and Conway Tearle
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	Forrest Halsey (scenario)
Based on	Dancing Mothers by Edgar Selwyn and Edmund Goulding
Starring	Alice Joyce Conway Tearle Clara Bow
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 1, 1926 (1926-03-01)
Running time	65 minutes (8 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

Dancing Mothers is a 1926 black & white silent film drama, produced by Paramount Pictures, in late 1925. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon, and stars Alice Joyce, Conway Tearle, and making her debut appearance for a Paramount Pictures film, Clara Bow. Dancing Mothers was released to the general public on March 1, 1926. The film survives on 16mm film stock and is currently kept at the Film & Television Archive of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a pretty mother, who was almost cheated out of life by a heartless husband and a thoughtless daughter.^[1]

Cast

Alice Joyce – Ethel "Buddy" Westcourt
Norman Trevor – Hugh Westcourt
Clara Bow – Katherine "Kittens" Westcourt
Conway Tearle – Gerald "Jerry" Naughton
Eleanor Lawson – Irma
Dorothy Cumming – Mrs. Mazzarene
Donald Keith – Kenneth Cobb
Leila Hyams – Birdey Courtney
Spencer Charters – Butter and Egg Man

Production notes

The film was adapted from a successful Broadway stage play by Edgar Selwyn and Edmund Goulding, and Paramount reportedly bought the rights for $45,000. Shooting began at Paramount's Astoria Studio in November of 1925, after actress Betty Bronson, the star of Peter Pan (1924), was cast for the role of Katherine "Kittens" Westcourt by the studio, but was rejected after director Herbert Brennon reported to studio executives that "when she tried to be sexy, she looked like a little girl who wanted to go to the bathroom." After production ended in December of 1925, Brennon reported to Paramount's top officials that Clara was not only very talented as an actress, but that she took direction very well.

Reception

"A splendid picture containing mother appeal, flapper appeal and well balanced with comedy and a climax that's different, since 'they don't live happy ever after'".^[2]
"...it is an effective drama, well acted and Clara Bow is a real little modern."^[3]
"It is a picture that strikes home to the adult mind and is a tremendous indictment to every age."^[4]

References

↑ La Crosse Tribune and Leader, March 24, 1926
↑ Bruce Fowler, movie theater manager, to The Reel Journal, March 20, 1926.
↑ The Emporia Gazette, April 13, 1926.
↑ Lowell Sun, March 27, 1926.

External links

Dancing Mothers at the Internet Movie Database
Dancing Mothers at allmovie

Films directed by Herbert Brenon

Ivanhoe (1913)
Neptune's Daughter (1914)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
The Two Orphans (1915)
Sin (1915)
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
Victory and Peace (1918)
12.10 (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
The Sign on the Door (1921)
Moonshine Valley (1922)
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
The Side Show of Life (1924)
Peter Pan (1924)
The Alaskan (1924)
Shadows of Paris (1924)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Dancing Mothers (1926)
Beau Geste (1926)
The Great Gatsby (1926)
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
The Rescue (1929)
Lummox (1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
Beau Ideal (1931)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Honours Easy (1935)
Someone at the Door (1936)
Spring Handicap (1937)
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Housemaster (1938)
Yellow Sands (1938)
Black Eyes (1939)
The Flying Squad (1940)

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