Drag (film)
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Director Frank Lloyd Story by William Dudley Pelley Duration Language English | 6.8/10 Genre Drama Producer Richard A. Rowland Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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)Similar movies Related Frank Lloyd movies |
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Drag is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess.
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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.
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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.
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