Cast Joan Crawford as Diana "Di" Medford aka Diana the Dangerous John Mack Brown as Ben Blaine Nils Asther as Norman Dorothy Sebastian as Beatrice "Bea" Anita Page as Ann "Annikins" Kathlyn Williams as Ann's mother Edward J. Nugent as Freddie Dorothy Cumming as Diana's mother Huntley Gordon as Diana's father Evelyn Hall as Freddie's mother Sam De Grasse as Freddie's father Production Joan Crawford stripped naked in front of the producer in order to get the lead role in this film. When the decision maker told Joan that the director was in charge of casting, Joan went to his office, repeated her performance, and got the part. Reception Bland Johnson in the New York Mirror commented, "Joan Crawford...does the greatest work of her career." The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay (Josephine Lovett) and Best Cinematography (George Barnes). Box office According to MGM records the film earned $757,000 in the US and Canada and $342,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $304,000. Cultural impact It was due in part to her role as the ferociously free Charleston-dancing, Prohibition-era-booze-swilling, stage-diving "Dangerous" Diana Medford that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of Joan Crawford: Home media The film was released in 2010 on DVD, and on blu-ray in January 2022. References External links Our Dancing Daughters at Turner Classic Movies 1928 films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Harry Beaumont Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Transitional sound films Surviving American silent films 1928 romantic drama films 1920s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films