Oh, Lady, Lady
Cast & Crew
Major Maurice Campbell
Bebe Daniels
Harrison Ford
Walter Hiers
Charlotte Woods
Lillian Langdon
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Having long ago left his country sweetheart, May Barber, Willoughby Finch is about to marry Molly Farringdon when a simple phone message from May leads him to the mistaken belief that she plans to disrupt the wedding. May, now an actress known by her stage name of Rilla Rooke, meets and falls in love with Finch's best man, Hale Underwood, on the train taking her home from a successful tour. Learning from a friend that Finch is in distress over a vamp's threat to ruin his wedding, May offers to pose as Finch's lover to drive the vamp away. Her appearance at Finch's wedding rehearsal, however, only confirms Finch's worst suspicions, since May and the vamp that he fears are the same. May's charade also alienates Underwood, but she clarifies the situation that evening at a jazz party at Underwood's apartment, and both pairs of lovers are reconciled.
Director
Major Maurice Campbell
Cast
Bebe Daniels
Harrison Ford
Walter Hiers
Charlotte Woods
Lillian Langdon
Jack Doud
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
A silent film version of one of the famous "Princess Theatre musicals" with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, this was never redone as a sound film. The song "Bill", which was later inserted into "Show Boat" and made into a song classic by Helen Morgan, originally came from the stage version of "Oh, Lady, Lady!" (The lyrics to "Bill", however, were much altered for "Show Boat").
Notes
Contemporary trade journals punctuate the film's title in a variety of ways: Oh Lady, Lady; Oh, Lady! Lady!; and Oh, Lady, Lady! are some of the other forms that appeared.
