Dancing Mothers

Dancing Mothers is a 1926 black amp 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 amp Television Archive of the University of California at Los Angeles UCLA.

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 Paramounts 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 Paramounts top officials that Clara was not only very talented as an actress, but that she took direction very well.

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