IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.3K
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A flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.A flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.A flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total
Johnny Mack Brown
- Michael Jeffery
- (as John Mack Brown)
Jay Berger
- Little Boy on Street
- (uncredited)
Phyllis Crane
- Bessie
- (uncredited)
Joseph Depew
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Robert Homans
- Court Bailiff
- (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
- Miss Jenkins
- (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
- Young Townsman at Dance
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMary Pickford was initially horrified to hear her recorded voice for the first time in this film: "That's not me. That's a pipsqueak voice. It's impossible! I sound like I'm 12 or 13!"
- Quotes
Jasper Carter: Did Michael Jeffery make love to you there?
Norma Besant: Yes.
Jasper Carter: Did you resist him?
Norma Besant: Yes.
Jasper Carter: But he forced his attention?
Norma Besant: Yes.
Jasper Carter: And you could not resist his lovemaking?
Norma Besant: No.
Jasper Carter: And he made you yield?
Norma Besant: Yes.
Jasper Carter: He made you yield to an extreme?
Norma Besant: Yes.
- ConnectionsEdited into American Experience: Mary Pickford (2005)
Featured review
Mediocre & Rather Unfortunate
It's rather unfortunate that this is the only film for which many current movie fans remember Mary Pickford, because of the neglect of silent films and because of the undue weight given to well-known but arbitrary motion picture awards. While she is often unfairly blamed for the mediocre quality of "Coquette", the fault really lies elsewhere. Without a thorough adaptation of the material to make it more suitable for the screen, hardly anyone could have performed well enough to make this much better.
The story did hold possibilities, but it's the kind of familiar, rather routine melodrama that needs interesting characters, unusual situations, or snappy dialogue to make it work. There is none of that here - only a talky and generally predictable script, which would work better as a stage play or even a radio play. Neither Pickford nor Johnny Mack Brown has much of a chance to give it life. They do their best, and they simply perform their roles as they were written. Nor is it one of the worst movies ever - it does contain some stretches of genuinely good acting, and the story is at least a little better than the warmed-over scenarios of so many recent movies.
Pickford deserves to be remembered for her many fine performances during the silent era. She could also have made top quality talking films if she had been given the chance, but she was never given roles that allowed her to use her greatest strengths. Further, in the early sound era, producers and directors were overly interested in dialogue-heavy pictures like this, which seemed impressive at the time only because talking pictures were still a novelty. Audiences of the day enjoyed them, but now they look as dated and dull as today's over-praised computer-imagery extravaganzas will look in fifty years or so. None of that is the fault of the actors and actresses of the era.
The story did hold possibilities, but it's the kind of familiar, rather routine melodrama that needs interesting characters, unusual situations, or snappy dialogue to make it work. There is none of that here - only a talky and generally predictable script, which would work better as a stage play or even a radio play. Neither Pickford nor Johnny Mack Brown has much of a chance to give it life. They do their best, and they simply perform their roles as they were written. Nor is it one of the worst movies ever - it does contain some stretches of genuinely good acting, and the story is at least a little better than the warmed-over scenarios of so many recent movies.
Pickford deserves to be remembered for her many fine performances during the silent era. She could also have made top quality talking films if she had been given the chance, but she was never given roles that allowed her to use her greatest strengths. Further, in the early sound era, producers and directors were overly interested in dialogue-heavy pictures like this, which seemed impressive at the time only because talking pictures were still a novelty. Audiences of the day enjoyed them, but now they look as dated and dull as today's over-praised computer-imagery extravaganzas will look in fifty years or so. None of that is the fault of the actors and actresses of the era.
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- Budget
- $489,106 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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