The Taxi Dancer

The Taxi Dancer

Infobox Film
name = The Taxi Dancer


image_size =
caption =
director = Harry F. Millarde
producer =
writer = Story:
Robert Terry Shannon
Adaptation:
A.P. Younger
Titles:
Ralph Spence
narrator =
starring = Joan Crawford
Owen Moore
Marc McDermott
Gertrude Astor
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = February 5, 1927
runtime = 64 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:112768
imdb_id = 0018465

"The Taxi Dancer" is a 1927 silent film starring Joan Crawford and Douglas Gilmore. Crawford plays Joselyn Poe, a southern girl who tries her luck as dancer in New York, and meets several suitors throughout the story.

This was the first film in which Joan Crawford received top billing.

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*tcmdb title|1505


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