The Song and Dance Man

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The Song and Dance Man
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Screenplay by Paul Schofield
Based on The Song and Dance Man 
by George M. Cohan
Starring Tom Moore
Bessie Love
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
  • February 28, 1926 (1926-02-28) (United States)
Running time 70 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Song and Dance Man is a 1926 American silent film comedy-drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play by George M. Cohan and was directed by Herbert Brenon. A copy of the film is housed in the Library of Congress collection. It is missing reels 1 & 2, but reels 3 to 7 of seven reel film survive[1][2][3][4][5]

Cast [edit]

  • Tom Moore - Happy Farrell
  • Bessie Love - Leola Lane
  • Harrison Ford - Joseph Murdock
  • Norman Trevor - Charles Nelson
  • Bobby Watson - Fred Carroll
  • Josephine Drake - Jane Rosemond
  • George Nash - Inspector Craig
  • William B. Mack - Tom Crosby
  • Helen Lindroth - Marsha Lane
  • Jane Jennings - Ma Carroll

References [edit]

  1. ^ The Song and Dance Man at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ^ The Song and Dance Man as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, December 31, 1923; IBDb.com
  4. ^ The Song and Dance Man at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures
  5. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, p.170, c.1978

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