Ladies of the Mob | |
Director: | William A. Wellman |
Producer: | William A. Wellman |
Starring: | Clara Bow Richard Arlen |
Cinematography: | Henry W. Gerrard |
Editing: | Edgar Adams Alyson Shaffer E. Lloyd Sheldon |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 70 mins. |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget: | $221,000 (estimated) |
Ladies of the Mob is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor for Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1] The film is based on a story by Ernest Booth. This gangster-themed romantic thriller about a criminal's daughter who tries to reform a petty crook whom she loves featured Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Mary Alden, and Helen Lynch.[2]
The women's costumes were designed by Travis Banton and Edith Head, both of whom had long, distinguished careers in Hollywood.[2]
With no prints of Ladies of the Mob located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4] [5]