Coquette (1929)
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26% of users liked it
(279 ratings)
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… More 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. John Besant (John M. St. Polis), follows them with a gun, and violence ensues. Superstar Pickford won Best Actress at the 1930 Academy awards. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sam Taylor
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1929 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Vet silent actress Mary Pickford won her first and Only Best Actress Oscar for this melodrama, done better on stage with Helen Hayes.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
The film is very stagy, the characters don't move around a lot, there is little editing within the scene, and the actors overact.
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Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks
I guess 1929 audiences knew a stinker when they saw one coming. There is very little to criticize in Coquette, because there is so little in it, period.
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Cast
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Mary Pickford
as Norma Besant
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Johnny Mack Brown
as Michael Jeffery
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Matt Moore
as Stanley Wentworth
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John St. Polis
as Dr. John Besant
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William Janney
as Jimmy Besant
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Henry Kolker
as Jasper Carter
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George Irving
as Robert Wentworth
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Louise Beavers
as Julia
- Craig Reynolds
