The Ladybird (film)

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The Ladybird
The Ladybird 1927 Swedish Lobby Poster.jpg
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Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Jack Natteford
William Dudley Pelley
Starring Betty Compson
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Ted Tetzlaff
Distributed by Chadwick 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]

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Plot

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]

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References

  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".