---
title: 'Let Us Be Gay (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Z. Leonard'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/let-us-be-gay-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021060/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Let Us Be Gay (1930)

1930 · 79 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Norma Shearer. It was based on and filmed concurrently with the 1929 play by Rachel Crothers which starred Tallulah Bankhead and ran for 128 performances at London's Lyric Theater. Critics generally preferred Tallulah's rendition to Shearer's.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard)
- **Producer:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marion)
- **Director of Photography:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine)

## Cast

- [Norma Shearer](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-shearer)
- [Marie Dressler](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-dressler)
- [Dickie Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dickie-moore-2)

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