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Director
  
Frank Lloyd

Story by
  
William Dudley Pelley

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Producer
  
Richard A. Rowland

Country
  
United States

Drag (film) movie poster

Release date
  
July 21, 1929 (1929-07-21)

Based on
  
William Dudley Pelley (play Drag: A Comedy)

Writer
  
Bradley King (screenplay), William Dudley Pelley (novel)

Cast
  
Richard Barthelmess
(David Carroll),
Lucien Littlefield
(Pa Parker),
Kathrin Clare Ward
(Ma Parker),
Alice Day
(Allie Parker),
Tom Dugan
(Charlie Parker),
Lila Lee
(Dot)

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Drag is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess.

Contents

Plot

Young David Carroll takes over the publication of a local Vermont newspaper. Although he is attracted to Dot, "the most sophisticated girl in town," he marries Allie Parker, daughter of the couple who run the boardinghouse where he lives. Inseparable from her parents, Allie remains at home when David goes to New York City to sell a musical he has written. There, Dot, now a successful costume designer, uses her influence to get David's play produced. David and Dot fall in love, but she leaves for Paris when David indicates he will remain true to Allie. He sends for Allie; but when she arrives with her whole family, he decides to follow Dot to Paris.

Cast

  • Richard Barthelmess as David Carroll
  • Lucien Littlefield as Pa Parker
  • Kathrin Clare Ward as Ma Parker
  • Alice Day as Allie Parker
  • Tom Dugan as Charlie Parker
  • Lila Lee as Dot
  • Margaret Fielding as Clara
  • Awards and honors

    Frank Lloyd was nominated at the 2nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Director along with the film Weary River.

    Preservation status

    The film was long thought to be a lost film but was later rediscovered. The film originally had two versions, a sound version and a silent version. Possible, the film planned release on MOD DVD from Warner Home Video.

    References

    Drag (film) Wikipedia
    Drag (film) IMDb Drag (film) themoviedb.org