Dancing Days is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Helene Chadwick, Forrest Stanley, and Lillian Rich.[1][2] It is based on the 1910 novel of the same name by the British writer J.J. Bell.[3] The films depicts a married man who falls in love with a flapper, and is increasingly dominated by his new love interest.
| Dancing Days | |
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| Directed by | Albert H. Kelley |
| Written by | Dorothy Cairns |
| Based on | Dancing Days by J.J. Bell |
| Produced by | J. G. Bachmann |
| Starring | Helene Chadwick Forrest Stanley Lillian Rich |
| Cinematography | H. Lyman Broening |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Preferred Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Synopsis
editAfter ten years of marriage to Alice, Ralph Hedman is introduced by his brother to the flapper Lillian Loring and his eye begins to wander. The new woman seems to have complete control over him. When he falls ill, she tries to recover him by getting him to dance the Charleston. Alice accepts defeat, but a chance car accident brings them back together.
Cast
edit- Helene Chadwick as Alice Hedman
- Forrest Stanley as Ralph Hedman
- Gloria Gordon as Maid
- Lillian Rich as Lillian Loring
- Robert Agnew as Gerald Hedman
- Tom Ricketts as Stubbins
- Sylvia Ashton as Katinka
Preservation
editPrints of Dancing Days are held in the collections of the Museum Of Modern Art and Library and Archives Canada.[4]
References
edit- ^ Munden p. 163
- ^ Connelly p. 336
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Dancing Days at silentera.com
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dancing Days
Bibliography
edit- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- Dancing Days at IMDb
- Dancing Days is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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