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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 872

Our Dancing Daughters

192897 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 83:44
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Harry Beaumont · Public domain

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Synopsis

Diana's lively public behavior conceals a sincere approach to love, while her more calculating friend Ann presents a respectable image. Both are attracted to the same wealthy young man, whose judgment favors appearances. Their competing performances of modern womanhood lead to marriages, jealousy and a party where the difference between reputation and conduct becomes difficult to hide.

Cast

Joan Crawford

Johnny Mack Brown

DirectorsHarry Beaumont

Historical context

The film helped establish Joan Crawford's image within late-1920s youth culture. Its contrast between flamboyant behavior and private morality complicates the assumption that dancing, drinking and fashionable independence reveal a person's character.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Joan Crawford — Studio Publicity · Public domain
Johnny Mack Brown — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Public domain

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