The Boob is a romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...

 released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

, directed by William Wellman, and starring Gertrude Olmstead

Gertrude Olmstead

Gertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929.-Career:...

, Antonio D'Algy, George K. Arthur

George K. Arthur

George K. Arthur was an English actor and producer. He appeared in 59 films between 1919 and 1935. He won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956 for the film The Bespoke Overcoat....

, and Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....

.

Plot

Peter (George K. Arthur) is a chivalrous idealist who seeks to win the heart of Amy (Gertrude Olmstead), who in turn fancies urbane Harry (Tony D'Algy). Jane (Joan Crawford) is a Prohibition

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...

 agent who helps uncover illegal bootleg

Rum-running

Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...

 activities.

Cast

• Gertrude Olmstead
  Gertrude Olmstead
  Gertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929.-Career:...
  
   - Amy
• George K. Arthur
  George K. Arthur
  George K. Arthur was an English actor and producer. He appeared in 59 films between 1919 and 1935. He won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956 for the film The Bespoke Overcoat....
  
   - Peter Good
• Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....
  
   - Jane, a Revenue Agent
• Charles Murray
  Charles Murray (actor)
  Charles Murray , was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 283 films between 1912 and 1938...
  
   - Cactus Jim
• Tony D'Algy
  Tony D'Algy
  Tony D'Algy was a Portuguese film actor. He appeared in 57 films between 1924 and 1949, including The Boob a silent comedy where Joan Crawford makes one of her first appearances....
  
   - Harry Benson (as Antonio D'Algy)
• Hank Mann
  Hank Mann
  Hank Mann was a comedian and silent screen star who is best known as the last surviving member of the Keystone Cops. According to fellow actor and original member of the ensemble Edgar Kennedy, Mann was the originator of the idea for the Keysotne Cops...
  
  - The Village Soda Clerk

External links

• The Boob The Best of Everything: A Joan Crawford Encyclopedia