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Coquette

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Coquette
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1hr 15min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1929
Director:
Sam Taylor
Starring:
Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore  ...more
Synopsis: Coquette is Mary Pickford's first talkie, based on the play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers. The story was already made famous on the stage by star Helen Hayes. At almost 40 years old and lacking her signature curls, Pickford plays the young Southern belle Norma Besant, who is courting three different men: Stanley (Matt Moore), Robert (George S. Irving), and bad boy Michael Jeffrey (Johnny Mack Brown). She naturally falls for Michael and flees with him to a cottage. Her angry father, Dr. ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Mary Pickford tried to change her image as "America's Sweetheart" with Coquette, and while she deserves points for trying, it must be said that the end result is not worth the effort. The film itself is simply dreadful, a simplistic, clichéd, unconvincing and ultimately irritating melodrama. It may have worked better when performed live on Broadway -- its stagebound origins are painfully clear -- but ... Full Review
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Mary Pickford
Norma Besant
Johnny Mack Brown
Michael Jeffery
Matt Moore
Stanley Wentworth
John St. Polis
Dr. John Besant
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