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'Ladies of the Mob' (1928) 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.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/10123?sid 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.

No copies of this film are known to survive, and it is listed by most sources as a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LadiesOfTheMob1928.html SilentEra entry][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html 'Ladies of the Mob' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'Paramount Pictures' 1928] [http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6731/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Ladies of the Mob'][https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm Ladies of the Mob at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted](Wayback Machine)

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

See also



*List of lost films

References




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