Good and Naughty (1926)
Romantic comedy | 7 June 1926
Cast:
Pola Negri, Tom Moore, Ford Sterling [ More ]Director:
Malcolm St. ClairWriter:
Pierre CollingsCinematographer:
Bert GlennonProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The 26 Feb 1926 FD announced that Famous Players-Lasky Corp. had purchased screen rights to Naughty Cinderella, the 1925 stage play adapted by Avery Hopwood from the 1923 French original, Pouche, written by René Peter and Henri Falk. The picture would star Pola Negri and Tom Moore, and be directed by Malcolm St. Clair.
The 11 Mar 1926 FD noted the title was Good and Naughty.
According to the 3 Apr 1926 Motion Picture News, filming would soon be underway on the resort island of Coronado in San Diego, CA; Negri was reportedly transported there on a “sumptuous yacht.” The follow day, the 4 Apr 1926 FD announced that principal photography had begun.
On 17 Apr 1926, Moving Picture World reported that the company had recently returned from filming “beach scenes” at Coronado, and were continuing production of the comedy at Famous Players-Lasky Studios in Hollywood, CA.
The 2 May 1926 FD indicated that picture had completed shooting, and was currently being edited.
The 26 Jun 1926 Moving Picture World review noted Pola Negri’s successful departure from dramatic roles, deemed her a “revelation as a comedienne,” and praised Good and Naughty as a “thoroughly amusing farce all the way through.” This opinion was upheld by reviews in FD and Var.
Paramount filmed another adaptation of the play in 1932 under the title This Is the Night, directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Lily Damita and Charlie Ruggles (see entry). ...
The 26 Feb 1926 FD announced that Famous Players-Lasky Corp. had purchased screen rights to Naughty Cinderella, the 1925 stage play adapted by Avery Hopwood from the 1923 French original, Pouche, written by René Peter and Henri Falk. The picture would star Pola Negri and Tom Moore, and be directed by Malcolm St. Clair.
The 11 Mar 1926 FD noted the title was Good and Naughty.
According to the 3 Apr 1926 Motion Picture News, filming would soon be underway on the resort island of Coronado in San Diego, CA; Negri was reportedly transported there on a “sumptuous yacht.” The follow day, the 4 Apr 1926 FD announced that principal photography had begun.
On 17 Apr 1926, Moving Picture World reported that the company had recently returned from filming “beach scenes” at Coronado, and were continuing production of the comedy at Famous Players-Lasky Studios in Hollywood, CA.
The 2 May 1926 FD indicated that picture had completed shooting, and was currently being edited.
The 26 Jun 1926 Moving Picture World review noted Pola Negri’s successful departure from dramatic roles, deemed her a “revelation as a comedienne,” and praised Good and Naughty as a “thoroughly amusing farce all the way through.” This opinion was upheld by reviews in FD and Var.
Paramount filmed another adaptation of the play in 1932 under the title This Is the Night, directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Lily Damita and Charlie Ruggles (see entry).
Germaine Morris, considered an ugly duckling, is in love with her employer, Gerald Gray, an interior decorator who caters to the smart set, and is concerned over his affair with Claire Fenton, the wife of a wealthy broker. When Claire invites Gerald on a yachting trip to Florida, his friend Bunny West invites showgirl Chouchou Rouselle to pose as Gerald's fiancée, but Germaine determines to substitute her own womanly beauty. In Florida she wins the attentions of all the men, causing a quarrel between Claire and Gerald; and Fenton hopes to obtain a corespondent as grounds for divorce. When Germaine, in her negligee, delivers a pipe to Gerald's room, he proposes; Fenton suggests that he take Germaine, leaving Claire and Gerald to go their way; but Smith, the showgirl's admirer, tries to claim her and is beaten by Gerald, who effects a reconciliation between the Fentons and claims the girl he ...
Germaine Morris, considered an ugly duckling, is in love with her employer, Gerald Gray, an interior decorator who caters to the smart set, and is concerned over his affair with Claire Fenton, the wife of a wealthy broker. When Claire invites Gerald on a yachting trip to Florida, his friend Bunny West invites showgirl Chouchou Rouselle to pose as Gerald's fiancée, but Germaine determines to substitute her own womanly beauty. In Florida she wins the attentions of all the men, causing a quarrel between Claire and Gerald; and Fenton hopes to obtain a corespondent as grounds for divorce. When Germaine, in her negligee, delivers a pipe to Gerald's room, he proposes; Fenton suggests that he take Germaine, leaving Claire and Gerald to go their way; but Smith, the showgirl's admirer, tries to claim her and is beaten by Gerald, who effects a reconciliation between the Fentons and claims the girl he loves.
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