| 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 L. Lasky |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Distributed by | Paramount/Artcraft |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
The Dancin' Fool is a surviving 1920 American silentromantic comedy film produced byFamous Players–Lasky and distributed byParamount 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 leadAnn Little.[1][2][3] A copy of this film survives in the collection of theMuseum of Modern Art, New York.[3][4]
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 performingApache dance routines. Sylvester also makes a success of his uncle's business by introducing modern business methods.
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