The Song and Dance Man

This article is about the silent film. For the 1988 children's picture book, see Song and Dance Man.

The Song and Dance Man
Film poster
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 dates	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 and 2, but reels 3–7 of the seven-reel film survive.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Plot

"Happy" Farrell (Moore) wants to be a famous song and dance man. He befriends a young dancer, Leola (Love), who accompanies him to an audition. Leola is given a contract, but Happy is not. Happy changes careers and becomes successful, but still yearns to be a song and dance man. After three years, Leola plans to retire from dancing so that she can get married, but Happy returns to pursue his original dream. Leola is inspired by this, and her fiancé agrees to let her continue her dancing career.^[7]

Cast

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

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Although the actors were praised, the plot was criticized because the two leads were not reunited at the end of the film.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "The Song and Dance Man". Silent Era. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
↑ The Song and Dance Man as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, December 31, 1923; IBDb.com
↑ Andersen, Arne. "The Lost Films of Paramount Pictures". Lost Film Files. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
↑ 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
↑ "The Song and Dance Man / Herbert Brenon [motion picture]". Library of Congress – Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
1 2 "Newspaper Opinions". The Film Daily. 35 (30): 8. February 5, 1926.
↑ "Stage and Screen". The Cornell Daily Sun. XLVI (134): 4. 25 March 1926.

External links

Films directed by Herbert Brenon

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Neptune's Daughter (1914)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
The Heart of Maryland (1915)
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
The Two Orphans (1915)
Sin (1915)
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
War Brides (1916)
The Eternal Sin (1917)
The Lone Wolf (1917)
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
Victory and Peace (1918)
Beatrice (1919)
12.10 (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
The Mysterious Princess (1920)
The Stronger Passion (1921)
Little Sister (1921)
The Sign on the Door (1921)
Moonshine Valley (1922)
The Rustle of Silk (1923)
The Woman With Four Faces (1923)
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Shadows of Paris (1924)
The Breaking Point (1924)
The Side Show of Life (1924)
The Alaskan (1924)
Peter Pan (1924)
The Little French Girl (1925)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
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Dancing Mothers (1926)
Beau Geste (1926)
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
The Great Gatsby (1926)
The Telephone Girl (1927)
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
The Rescue (1929)
Lummox (1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
Beau Ideal (1931)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Honours Easy (1935)
Living Dangerously (1936)
Someone at the Door (1936)
Spring Handicap (1937)
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Housemaster (1938)
Yellow Sands (1938)
Black Eyes (1939)
The Flying Squad (1940)

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