Man Bait is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Marie Prevost, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Kenneth Thomson.[2][3][4]
| Man Bait | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Donald Crisp |
| Written by | Douglas Z. Doty |
| Based on | "Man Bait" by Norman Houston |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Production company | Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAfter she is fired from her role as a shopgirl in a department store, Madge finds work as a taxi dancer. At the dance hall she meets and falls in love with a young man from a wealthy background.
Cast
edit- Marie Prevost as Madge Dreyer
- Kenneth Thomson as Gerald Sanford
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Jeff Sanford
- Louis Natheaux as Delancy Hasbrouck
- Eddie Gribbon as Red Welch
- Betty Francisco as Betty Gerber
- Adda Gleason as Florence Hasbrouck
- Sally Rand as Nancy
- Fritzi Ridgeway as Gloria
Preservation
editWith no prints of Man Bait located in any film archives, it is a lost film.[5]
References
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Man Bait at silentera.com
- ^ "Man Bait (1926) - Overview, TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-313-30345-6.
- ^ Vance & Maietta p. 198
- ^ List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29. (last updated 12/29/16) Library of Congress (PDF)
Bibliography
edit- Jeffrey Vance & Tony Maietta. Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-520-25667-5
External links
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