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The movie was adapted by John Grey , Allen McNeil and Sam Taylor from the play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers . It was directed by Sam Taylor .
It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Mary Pickford).
The Coquette was also a novel by Mrs. Hannah Webster Foster written in letter form about a coquette, or a flirt, who inevitably ruins her life by being so. The novel, written about 1797, might also have deeper meanings involving Federalist and Anti-Federalist ideals from a Federalist point of view.
1929 films