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The Ladybird (film)

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The Ladybird
Swedish poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Written byJack Natteford
William Dudley Pelley
StarringBetty Compson
CinematographyErnest Miller
Ted Tetzlaff
Distributed byChadwick Pictures
Release date
  • July 15, 1927 (1927-07-15)
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Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The Ladybird is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Walter Lang and starring Betty Compson. It was produced by the B movie studio Chadwick Pictures.[1][2][3] A print is housed in the Library of Congress collection.[4][5]

Plot

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The film follows the activities of a gang called 'The Ladybirds' -- criminals who prey upon the rich and famous of New Orleans.[6]

During Mardi Gras, a society girl called Diane Wyman gets a job dancing at a local cabaret and unwittingly becomes entangled with the Ladybirds plots.[7]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2014). "The Ladybird". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Ladybird
  3. ^ The Ladybird at silentera.com
  4. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.100 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Ladybird
  6. ^ "The Ladybird".
  7. ^ "AFI|Catalog".
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