The Dancin Fool
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Director Sam Wood Cinematography Alfred Gilks Country United States | 3.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Duration Language Silent (English intertitles) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date May 2, 1920 (1920-05-02) Writer Henry Payson Dowst (story), Clara Genevieve Kennedy Cast Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels Produced by Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky Related Sam Wood movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dancin Fool is a 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 Reids previous female lead Ann Little. A copy of this film survives in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Plot
As described in a film publication, Sylvester Tibble (Reid), a country yokel, comes to New York City to work at his uncle Enoch Joness (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 uncles business by introducing modern business methods.
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