The Dancin' Fool is a surviving 1920 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Sam Wood directed this one of his earliest efforts. Wallace Reid and Bebe Daniels star, at the time Paramount was making them a popular team in replacement of Reid's previous female lead Ann Little.[1][2][3] A copy of this film survives in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[3][4]
The Dancin' Fool | |
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Directed by | Sam Wood |
Written by | Henry Payson Dowst (story) Clara Genevieve Kennedy (adaptation, scenario) |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels |
Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
Distributed by | Paramount/Artcraft |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
As described in a film publication,[5] Sylvester Tibble (Reid), a country yokel, comes to New York City to work at his uncle Enoch Jones's (Hatton) jug business for $6 per week and earns extra money dancing at a jazz cabaret. He becomes the dance partner of Junie Budd (Daniels). They soon find romance while performing Apache dance routines. Sylvester also makes a success of his uncle's business by introducing modern business methods.
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