Good and Naughty

Good and Naughty

With luxurious Palm Beach and the dancing Southern sea as a setting, Pola is at her best in this brilliant, gorgeously-gowned love-comedy of New York and the Florida coast. A romance of 1926 America!

NR 1926 · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Romance

Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.

Directed by Malcolm St. Clair · Written by Pierre Collings

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