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'The Dancin' Fool' is a surviving 1920 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount 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 lead Ann Little.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20' by The American Film Institute, c.1988[https://web.archive.org/web/20140415215358/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=17592 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'The Dancin Fool'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DancinFool1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Dancin' Fool'] at silentera.com A copy of this film survives in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2824/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Dancin' Fool']

Plot



As described in a film publication, 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 performing Apache dance routines. Sylvester also makes a success of his uncle's business by introducing modern business methods.

Cast



*Wallace Reid as Sylvester Tibble

*Bebe Daniels as Junie Budd

*Raymond Hatton as Enoch Jones

*Willis Marks as Tim Meeks

*George B. Williams as McGammon

*Lillian Leighton as Ma Budd

*Carlos San Martin as Elkus

*William H. Brown as Gabby Gaines

*Tully Marshall as Charle Harkins

*Ruth Ashby as Dorothy Harkins

*Ernest Joy as Tom Reed

See also



*Wallace Reid filmography

References




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