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Release Date: 1930 Cast: Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, Joan Crawford
Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Pre-Code, Black-and-white Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, and Dorothy Sebastian. The film was a follow-up to Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and Our Modern Maidens (1929), and was a commercial success when it was released.
The two previous installments in the series were both silent films, while Our Blushing Brides had the novelty of being an early sound film or "talkie" at a time when the phenomenon was relatively new. The fact that it featured talking was actually an advertising point mentioned on the movie poster.
Our Blushing Brides was Crawford's... MORE
Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, and Dorothy Sebastian. The film was a follow-up to Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and Our Modern Maidens (1929), and was a commercial success when it was released.
The two previous installments in the series were both silent films, while Our Blushing Brides had the novelty of being an early sound film or "talkie" at a time when the phenomenon was relatively new. The fact that it featured talking was actually an advertising point mentioned on the movie poster.
Our Blushing Brides was Crawford's thirty-first film (of eight-six total), but only her fourth sound film. Crawford plays Gerry, a shopgirl in love with the heir to a department store where she works. With this film, MGM began to develop a more sophisticated image of Joan Crawford, rather than continuing to promote her flapper girl persona of the silent era.
Fellow department store shopgirls and roommates Gerry (Crawford), Connie (Page) and Franky (Sebastian) take different paths in the big city, but all seek to marry themselves to wealthy men. Connie has an affair with David (Raymond Hackett), son of the department store owner, and LESS
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