Women They Talk About
1928 film by Lloyd Bacon
Women They Talk About is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Irene Rich and Audrey Ferris. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, only 14 minutes of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures It is considered to be a lost film.
Plot
Years ago, John Harrison, then the office boy for wealthy Banker Mervin, fell in love with his employer's daughter, Irene Mervin Hughes. Parental objections won, and Irene married another man and moved abroad. Now grown and serving as mayor, Harrison wages a bitter and cunning political battle against Banker Mervin, demonstrating how politics can level wealth and prestige.
After the death of her husband, Irene returns home with her lively flapper daughter, Audrey Hughes.
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