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.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Ladies of the Mob 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.Progressive Silent Film List: Ladies of the Mob at silentera.com
The women's costumes were designed by Travis Banton and Edith Head, both of whom had long, distinguished careers in Hollywood.
Cast Clara Bow as Yvonne Richard Arlen as Red Helen Lynch as Marie Mary Alden as Soft Annie Carl Gerard as Joe Bodil Rosing as The mother Lorraine Rivero as Little Yvonne James Pierce as The officer
Censorship When Ladies of the Mob was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. The Kansas censor board ordered the elimination of an intertitle with the caption, "Quit cacklin'. You ain't laid no egg."
Preservation With no prints of Ladies of the Mob located in any film archives,The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Ladies of the Mob it is a lost film.Ladies of the Mob at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928 (Wayback Machine)
See also List of lost films
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Poster for Ladies of the Mob