Lady Be Good (1928 film)

Lady Be Good
1926 advertisement
Directed by	Richard Wallace
Written by	Adelaide Heilbron Jack Wagner Sidney Lazarus (intertitles) Gene Towne (intertitles)
Based on	Lady Be Good 1924 by George Gershwin
Produced by	Charles R. Rogers
Starring	Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Stuart Heisler
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	May 6, 1928 (1928-05-06) (United States)
Running time	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]

Plot summary

Cast

• Jack Mulhall as "Mysterio" the magician^[2]
• Dorothy Mackaill as his assistant^[2]
• 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]

References

1. White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 1307. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
2. "GREAT FARCE COMEDY PICTURE AT AMERICAN FOR BUTTE SHOW FANS". Anaconda Standard. July 29, 1928. p. C_10.
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lady Be Good
4. Lady Be Good at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Lady Be Good at IMDb
• Progressive Silent Film List: Lady Be Good at silentera.com
• Lady Be Good at the TCM Movie Database
• Lady Be Good at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films