The Idol Dancer
the idol dancer 1920 director d w griffith cinematographer billy bitzerThe Idol Dancer is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Clarine Seymour in her final film role. Seymour was a young actress Griffith was grooming for stardom. She died of pneumonia shortly after emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage on April 24, 1920, less than a month after the film premiered. Contents
 The film is based on the story "Blood of the Covenants" by Gordon Ray Young. The scenario was written by Stanner E. V. Taylor.  the idol dancerPlot Mary (Seymour) is the daughter of a French man and a Javanese mother and enjoys dancing. She has two lovers, one being a beachcomber (Barthelmess) who was tossed off a passing ship for failing to work and desires only to drink gin. The other is a sickly young American (Hale) who has come to the island in hope of regaining his health and is staying with his missionary uncle (MacQuarrie) and his wife (Bruce). Natives from a neighboring island attack. The beachcomber reforms and Mary comes to love him. Cast Production Griffith filmed exteriors for The Idol Dancer simultaneously with The Love Flower (1920), in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas in December 1919. StatusA 35mm print of the film is preserved by the Cohen Media Group. 16mm prints of the film are held in private collections. ReferencesThe Idol Dancer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA The Idol Dancer IMDb The Idol Dancer themoviedb.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
