The Barker

The Barker
Movie poster
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Produced by	Al Rockett Richard A. Rowland
Written by	Kenyon Nicholson (Play) Benjamin Glazer Joseph Jackson Herman J. Mankiewicz (Titles)
Starring	Milton Sills Dorothy Mackaill Betty Compson Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Music by	Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Editing by	Stuart Heisler
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date(s)	December 9, 1928
Running time	80 min
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Barker is a 1928 romantic drama film which tells the story of a woman who comes between a man and his estranged son. It stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and released by First National Pictures in December 1928. (First National had been acquired by Warner Brothers in September 1928.)

The movie was adapted by Benjamin Glazer, Joseph Jackson and Herman J. Mankiewicz from the play by Kenyon Nicholson. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice. The Barker is a silent film with some spoken dialogue.

Cast

• Betty Compson – Carrie
• Milton Sills – Nifty Miller
• Dorothy Mackaill – Lou
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – Chris Miller
• Sylvia Ashton – Ma Benson
• George Cooper – Hap Spissel
• S. S. Simon – Col. Gowdy
• One-Eye Connelly –
• Tom Dugan – Stuttering Spieker

uncredited

• Bobby Dunn – Hamburger Concessionaire
• Pat Harmon – Heckler
• Bynunsky Hyman – Fire Eater
• Gladden James – Member of Hawaiian Trio
• Charles Sullivan – Man in audience
• Pat West -Bartender

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
1930	Academy Award	Nominated	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Betty Compson

Remakes

The Barker was remade as Hoop-La (1933) with Clara Bow and as Diamond Horseshoe (1945) with Betty Grable. Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu remade this film in A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and again in Floating Weeds (1959).

External links

• The Barker at the Internet Movie Database
• The Barker; allrovi.com