one of the first mgm soundies full of music and dance and drama and joan crawford . the early crawford personality emerge a a feisty and likable and love of life character and she be wonderful . she be so different from her late 50 and 60 role . if you have not view any of crawford silent movie or the early soundies and you should consider it . you can see the emergence of her acting ability and even peg some of her act characteristic that she carry with her throughout her entire 50 year career . ernest torrence be an engage father figure and a marvelous character actor . robert montgomery ( who appear with jc six time ) be the love interest torn between culture and animal . lloyd ingraham appear a the crawford character father early on . a must see for film lover interested in view early sound film .