Loose Ankles
About Loose Ankles
Ann Harper Berry's grandmother leaves her $70,000 a year, a house, and a pearl necklace, but only if she marries a man her aunts Sarah and Katherine and her uncle Rupert approve. The money becomes permanent when that husband later dies of natural causes. Any scandal sends the estate to the Riverside Cat and Dog Home. Ann, who does not want the strings, sets out to cause a scandal and meets Gil Hayden.
Cast & crew
More about Loose Ankles
Ted Wilde directed. Gene Towne adapted Sam Janney's 1926 play and wrote continuity and dialogue. First National, by then a Warner Bros. subsidiary, produced and released it. Loretta Young is Ann. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is Gil. Louise Fazenda and Edward Nugent are featured. Shot from August 24 to early October 1929. Western Electric sound. A silent version was also issued. Copyright January 28, 1930, LP1042. Limited release February 2, 1930. New York, Loew's State, February 20, 1930, booked for one day. It remakes the 1926 silent Ladies at Play, from the same play.
Themes
Look
Arthur L. Todd photographed the black-and-white sound version.
Music
Cecil Copping and Alois Reiser are uncredited for music. Songs are by Jack Meskill and Pete Wendling.
Preservation
Copyright was renewed. It entered the U.S. public domain on January 1, 2026.
Notes
- Janney was going to direct. He died in a car crash during production, and Wilde took the film.
- Wilde died at forty, one day after his birthday, soon after this picture.
- The copyright was renewed. The film entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.
Scenes
- The will is read, with the cat-and-dog home as the penalty for a scandal.
- Ann goes looking for a man who will compromise her.
Influenced by
- Sam Janney, Loose Ankles (1926 play)
- Ladies at Play (1926 film)
