The Dancers (1925 film)

The Dancers
Directed by Emmett J. Flynn
Produced by William Fox
Written by Edmund Goulding
Viola Tree (play)
Gerald du Maurier (play)
Starring George O'Brien
Alma Rubens
Madge Bellamy
Cinematography Paul Ivano
Ernest Palmer
Production
company
Distributed by Fox Film
Release date
January 4, 1925
Running time
70 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Dancers is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring George O'Brien, Alma Rubens and Madge Bellamy.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1923 play The Dancers by Viola Tree and Gerald du Maurier. It was remade by Fox Film five years later as a sound film The Dancers.

A young man leaves London for South America in order to make his fortune. He ends up owning a saloon and dance hall, and pines for his true love back in England. On learning that he has inherited his family fortune he returns to London, but finds his girl leading a debauched lifestyle.

Cast

References

  1. Kennedy p.303

Bibliography

  • Matthew Kennedy. Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy. Terrace Books, 2004.
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