Coquette is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Mary Pickford, who won the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Plot

Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant favors Stanley, who is taken with Norma. However, Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey with whom she has fallen madly in love. Dr. Besant disapproves and orders Norma to never see Michael again. Norma agrees but then promptly plans to marry Michael in six months if he can earn enough money in the hills to afford to buy them a home in the valley. A few months pass and Michael emerges from the hills to see Norma at a country-club dance. Wanting more time alone, they sneak off to Michael's mother's cabin. She returns home early the next day, but someone has spotted the couple and begun to spread rumors around town that threaten to destroy Norma's reputation. Michael is furious and vows that he will ask Norman's father for her hand in marriage immediately.

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