Coquette (1929)

7	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Best Lead Actress Oscar (1), Pre-code (1), 1920s Talkie (1), Drama (1), 1929 (1)

Description

Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many boys on her string. She begins to favor Michael Jeffrey, who, shiftless and hot-tempered but fundamentally honorable, is warned off by her father. When Michael returns after a long absence, the pair are innocently compromised, and Dr. Besant's old-South paternal rage ... (more)

Directed by

Sam Taylor

Starring (View all) :

Mary Pickford

Norma Besant

Johnny Mack Brown

Michael Jeffery

Matt Moore

Stanley 'Stan' Wentworth

John St. Polis

Dr. John M. Besant

William Janney

James 'Jimmy' Besant

Henry Kolker

Dist. Atty. Jasper Carter

George Irving

Robert 'Bob' Wentworth

Louise Beavers

Julia (the maid)

Vera Lewis

Miss Jenkins

Written by (View all) :

George Abbott

(play) and

Ann Preston Bridgers

(play)

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