Peabody Jr.
Search results
Why Be Good? is a 1929 American sound comedy film produced by First National Pictures starring Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton. While the film has no audible dialogue, it is accompanied by a Vitaphone soundtrack that features a musical score with sound effects and some synchronized singing.
Released in March 1929, Why Be Good? was Moore's last silent film as well as the last gasp of the flapper character. Eight months later, the stock market crashed and changed the mood of the nation. The reckless frivolity and devil-may-care spirit of the flapper was no longer appropriate.
- William A. Seiter
- Colleen Moore
Why Be Good?: Directed by William A. Seiter. With Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing, John St. Polis. A flapper with a dubious reputation enjoys a vivacious night of dancing and finds herself romantically linked to her boss.
- (570)
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- William A. Seiter
- 1929-05-23
Beyond the narrative (a pretty good Pre-Code comedy in the same vein of Clara Bow's It!*, most fascinating in terms of its critique of slut shaming!!), this was the first silent film I saw with an entirely Vitaphone soundtrack.
- (407)
- First National Pictures
- William A. Seiter
Visit the movie page for 'Why Be Good?' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and movie review.
- (10)
- Colleen Moore
- William A. Seiter
- First National Pictures
Carey Wilson Screenplay. Sidney Hickox Cinematography. John McCormick Producer. Critics reviews. A flapper with a dubious reputation enjoys a vivacious night of dancing and finds herself romantically linked to her boss.
On the 50th floor of a modern skyscraper in New York City, handsome young millionaire Neil Hamilton (as Winthrop Peabody Jr.) has a wild party to celebrate a new job managing his father's department store. In a poorer section of town, perky flapper Colleen Moore (as Pert Kelly) dances at fast-motion to "Sweet Georgia Brown" in a Charleston contest.
