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Coquette is a 1929 American drama film directed by Sam Taylor and H. Bruce Humberstone. The cast includes Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore, and Henry Kolker. Mary Pickford also served as a producer alongside Sam Taylor. The screenplay was written by John Grey and Sam Taylor. Karl Struss and Charles Rosher handled cinematography, with Barbara McLean as film editor. Hugo Riesenfeld composed the score. William Cameron Menzies was the production designer, and Howard Greer designed the costumes.
The film is a black-and-white English-language production distributed by United Artists and Netflix. It has a runtime of 76 minutes and is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement. The plot follows a Southern belle whose flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy. It is described as a 100% talking picture. The work follows the film My Best Girl.
Coquette received an Academy Award for Best Actress. It was also nominated for the same award. The film holds a rating of 5.4 on IMDb and a vote average of 5.813 on TMDb. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection.
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5.8A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
Cast
- Mary Pickford as Norma Besant
- Johnny Mack Brown as Michael Jeffery
- Matt Moore as Stanley Wentworth
- John St. Polis as Dr. John M. Besant
- William Janney as Jimmy Besant
- Henry Kolker as Jasper Carter
Themes
- doctor
- southern belle
- flirtation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- My Best Girl
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Screenwriter
- Sam Taylor
- Cast member
- Vera Lewis
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Producer
- Mary Pickford
- Cinematographer
- Charles Rosher
- Duration
- 76
- FilmAffinity ID
- 688356
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Coquettemp.jpg
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- Commons category
- Coquette (1929 film)
- publication date
- 1929-01-01
- film editor
- Barbara McLean
- title
- Coquette
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- William Cameron Menzies
- costume designer
- Howard Greer
- review score
- 44%
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