The Boob (1926), a 10/10 Warner Archive release, is mostly of interest to really devoted Joan Crawford fans who won't mind the facts that her role is small and that's she's poorly costumed, made up, and photographed.
In addition to this disservice to Joan Crawford, the movie is slackly directed by a heavy-handed William Wellman.
In fact both both director Wellman and the script heavily favor the "comic" antics of Charlie Murray, George K. Arthur and soon-to-be-wed (to M-G-M director Robert Z. Leonard) Gertrude Olmstead.
True, the movie does have its fun moments (the uplifting chorus costumes), but basically it runs out of puff well before its actual conclusion.
It could be said that at least "The Boob" obviously cost M-G-M a little bit of money. Not much. The unlikely speakeasy set, for example, is a left-over from "Ben Hur".
In addition to this disservice to Joan Crawford, the movie is slackly directed by a heavy-handed William Wellman.
In fact both both director Wellman and the script heavily favor the "comic" antics of Charlie Murray, George K. Arthur and soon-to-be-wed (to M-G-M director Robert Z. Leonard) Gertrude Olmstead.
True, the movie does have its fun moments (the uplifting chorus costumes), but basically it runs out of puff well before its actual conclusion.
It could be said that at least "The Boob" obviously cost M-G-M a little bit of money. Not much. The unlikely speakeasy set, for example, is a left-over from "Ben Hur".