Why Be Good? (1929) On DVD

Actor:          Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing, John Sainpolis, Edward Martindel                                                                                                                
Director:      William A. Seiter
Genre:         Comedy
Year:           1929
Studio:        Warner
Length:        81 
Released:    10/28/2014
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Why be good when its so much more thrilling to be bad? asked the ad campaign for this slightly naughty and oh-so-knowing silent-movie celebration of the flapper era. The star of Flaming Youth - vivacious Colleen Moore - again captures the rebellious flamboyance of the Twenties in Why Be Good? She plays Pert Kelly, a shopgirl who wins the heart of the boss son (Neil Hamilton, The Dawn Patrol). The boss, however, doubts that Pert is virtuous. His love-struck son wonders if Dad could be right. So he sets up a little test for his sweetie: He takes Pert to a raucous roadhouse, rents a private room and makes a most ungentlemanly suggestion. Will Pert be good? Or, with Prince Charming in her grasp, will she decide its better to be bad? The lively direction is the work of William A. Seiter, whose 45-year career included the Golden Age musicals Roberta, Dimples and You Were Never Lovelier.