Why Be Good?
Why Be Good? is a 1929 American silent comedy film from First National Pictures starring Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton. While the film has no audible dialogue, it is accompanied by a Vitaphone soundtrack with music and sound effects, as well as some synchronized singing.
Plot
Pert Kelly (Moore), a good girl with a wild reputation, meets Winthrop Peabody, Jr. That night they set a date for the next evening, but the next morning when Pert shows up for work, she discovers that Winthrop Peabody, Jr. is the personnel manager, son of Winthrop Peabody, Sr., who owns the store where Pert works. Pert is fired but Jr. is still smitten.
Jr. then invites her to a fancy party at his parents' home. The father is displeased, but Junior informs him that he's devised a test of her virtue. When he tries to push her past her personal limits, she protests, and in the process passes the test. They are married that night.
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Be Good
by: Hothouse FlowersWell, we went out past the city limits
Trying to get a better point of view
You were staring hard at me
I was staring back at you
And you said I was being secretive
Said, yes maybe you're right
But if there is logic in any of this madness
You'll find it in my eyes
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
I've got a history of questions
The truth I can only feel
What matters to me the most
Is what is there and what is real
We could start by shaking each other
And talk about something else
And I know in the end we can get to the point
And we can go and get some rest
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
Is it not written in the music?
Is it not painted in the skies?
It's time we stopped talking about soft drinks
started talking about our lives
There are answers in the music
And there are answers in the words
And if we stopped talking in circles
We might get closer to the earth
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free