Drag (film)

Drag
Sheet music cover for the film's theme song
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Screenplay by	Bradley King (& dialogue)
Based on	Drag: A Comedy (1925 novel) by William Dudley Pelley
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Lucien Littlefield Kathrin Clare Ward
Music by	George W. Meyer Peter Brunelli (uncredited) Cecil Copping (uncredited) Al Bryan
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Edward Schroeder
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	July 21, 1929 (1929-07-21)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Drag is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Young David Carroll takes over the publication of a local Vermont newspaper. Although he is attracted to Dot, "the most sophisticated girl in town," he marries Allie Parker, daughter of the couple who run the boardinghouse where he lives. Inseparable from her parents, Allie remains at home when David goes to New York City to sell a musical he has written. There, Dot, now a successful costume designer, uses her influence to get David's play produced. David and Dot fall in love, but she leaves for Paris when David indicates he will remain true to Allie. He sends for Allie; but when she arrives with her whole family, he decides to follow Dot to Paris.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess as David Carroll
Lucien Littlefield as Pa Parker
Kathrin Clare Ward as Ma Parker
Alice Day as Allie Parker
Tom Dugan as Charlie Parker
Lila Lee as Dot
Margaret Fielding as Clara

Awards and honors

Frank Lloyd was nominated at the 2nd Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Director along with the film Weary River.^[3]

Preservation status

The film was long thought to be a lost film but was later rediscovered. The film originally had two versions, a sound version and a silent version.^[3]^[4] Possible, the film planned release on MOD DVD from Warner Home Video.

References

↑ "Drag". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
↑ "Drag". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
1 2 New York Times movie database entry
↑ Drag at silentera.com

External links

Drag at the Internet Movie Database
Drag at the TCM Movie Database

The films of Frank Lloyd

1910s	To Redeem a Value (1915) 10,000 Dollars (1915) The Gentleman from Indiana (1915) Jane (1915) The Reform Candidate (1915) The Tongues of Men (1916) The Call of the Cumberlands (1916) Madame la Presidente (1916) The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) David Garrick (1916) The Making of Maddalena (1916) An International Marriage (1916) The Stronger Love (1916) The Intrigue (1916) Sins of Her Parent (1916) The World and the Woman (1916) The Kingdom of Love (1917) The Price of Silence (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) American Methods (1917) When a Man Sees Red (1917) Les Misérables (1917) The Heart of a Lion (1917) The Blindness of Divorce (1918) True Blue (1918) Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) His Extra Bit (1918) The Rainbow Trail (1918) For Freedom (1918) The Man Hunter (1919) Pitfalls of a Big City (1919) The World and Its Woman (1919) The Loves of Letty (1919)

1920s	The Woman in Room 13 (1920) The Silver Horde (1920) Madame X (1920) The Great Lover (1920) A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) Roads of Destiny (1921) A Voice in the Dark (1921) The Invisible Power (1921) The Grim Comedian (1921) The Man from Lost River (1921) The Eternal Flame (1922) The Sin Flood (1922) Oliver Twist (1922) The Voice from the Minaret (1923) Within the Law (1923) Ashes of Vengeance (1923) Black Oxen (1923) The Sea Hawk (1924) The Silent Watcher (1924) Her Husband's Secret (1925) Winds of Chance (1925) The Splendid Road (1925) The Wise Guy (1926) The Eagle of the Sea (1926) Children of Divorce (1927) Adoration (1928) Weary River (1929) The Divine Lady (1929) Drag (1929) Dark Streets (1929) Young Nowheres (1929)

1930s	Son of the Gods (1930) The Way of All Men (1930) The Lash (1930) The Right of Way (1931) East Lynne (1931) The Age for Love (1931) A Passport to Hell (1932) Cavalcade (1933) Berkeley Square (1933) Hoop-La (1933) Servants' Entrance (1934) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Under Two Flags (1936) Maid of Salem (1937) Wells Fargo (1937) If I Were King (1938) Rulers of the Sea (1939)

1940s	The Howards of Virginia (1940) This Woman is Mine (1941) The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) Blood on the Sun (1945)

1950s	The Shanghai Story (1954) The Last Command (1955)

Productions	Saboteur (1942) The Spoilers (1942) Invisible Agent (1942)

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