

Why Be Good?
DirectorWilliam A. Seiter
“A whoopee picture about the wild younger set. The real low down on flaming youth-right from the shoulder, right to your heart. You are the loser if you don't see "Why Be Good."”
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
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Cast

Colleen Moore
Pert Kelly

Bodil Rosing
Ma Kelly

John St. Polis
Pa Kelly

Neil Hamilton
Winthrop Peabody Jr.

Edward Martindel
Winthrop Peabody Sr.

Louis Natheaux
Jimmy Alexander

Lincoln Stedman
Tom
Eddie Clayton
Jerry

Collette Merton
Julie
Dixie Gay
Susie

Mischa Auer
Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)
Bobby Burns Berman
Night Club Show Host (uncredited)
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