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Eleanor Boardman and Malcolm McGregor in The Circle (1925)

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The Circle

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Notable as the first film to feature Joan Crawford billed under her newly-christened screen name, selected from the winning entry in a Photoplay magazine contest.
Joan Crawford is seen only in the prologue of the film. This was her first featured role, and her face appears virtually unrecognizable because the studio had not yet hit upon the hair and makeup style that would ultimately define her features in her breakthrough film, Les nouvelles vierges (1928).
Despite what has been described as a rather frivolous plot, this film is considered to be one of the most beautifully photographed films of the silent era.
Joan Crawford admitted that she launched her film career via the "casting couch" (i.e. having sex with executives) at MGM studios, infamously quipping, "It sure beat the cold, hard floor." In his 2015 blockbuster biography, "Joan Crawford, Hollywood Martyr," author David Bret revealed that "Joan Crawford wasn't the first Hollywood actress to trade sex for stardom, but few have matched her ruthlessness."
"American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1921-1930" erroneously places the last four cast members from this film and the roles in which they appear --- Buddy Smith, Joan Crawford, Frank Braidwood and Derek Glynne --- in the cast of The Only Thing (1925), a different film entirely, in which they do not appear.

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