Why Be Good?
7.2
“A whoopee picture about the wild younger set. The real low down on flaming youth-right from the shoulder, right to your heart. You are the loser if you don't see "Why Be Good."”
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
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Cast
22 people
Colleen Moore
Pert Kelly
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Ma Kelly
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John St. Polis
Pa Kelly
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Neil Hamilton
Winthrop Peabody Jr.
Known for
Batman
Tarzan the Ape Man
Edward Martindel
Winthrop Peabody Sr.
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Lady Windermere's Fan
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Louis Natheaux
Jimmy Alexander
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Bad Girl
Weary River
Lincoln Stedman
Tom
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Be My Wife
Captain January
Eddie Clayton
Jerry
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Flaming Fathers
St. Louis Woman
Collette Merton
Julie
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Clear the Decks
Paddling Co-Eds
Dixie Gay
Susie
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Leaping Love
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Mischa Auer
Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)
Known for
You Can't Take It with You
Destry Rides Again
Bobby Burns Berman
Night Club Show Host (uncredited)
William A. Seiter Director · Carey Wilson Screenplay Sidney Hickox Cinematographer
United States release February 28, 1929 · Produced in United States · Languages English, No dialogue
Production
First National Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
That’s a Bad Girl
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · February 28, 1929
Theatrical · Silent version
United States · October 28, 2014
Physical · DVD
United States
March 12, 1929 · Theatrical · Sound version
May 26, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray
Austria
July 4, 1930 · Theatrical · Kino Wien Hugo Engel, Neubaugasse 28
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