Dance Madness
| Dance Madness | |
|---|---|
 Window poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Frederica Sagor |
| Starring |
Claire Windsor Conrad Nagel Hedda Hopper |
| Cinematography |
John Arnold William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | William LeVanway |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent English intertitles |
Dance Madness is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard based upon a script by Frederica Sagor. The film starred Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel and Hedda Hopper.[1] Dance Madness is now considered lost.[2]
According to the credited screenwriter, Frederica Sagor, Dance Madness was "patently a rewrite" of The Guardsman, a work by Ferenc Molnár that was later directly adapted for film. Sagor notes the screenplay was not written by her, but by Alice D.G. Miller, and she only provided script rewrites.[3]
Plot
May (Claire Windsor) is married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser (Conrad Nagel). During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer (Hedda Hopper) and trying to seduce him.
Cast
- Conrad Nagel - Roger Halladay
- Claire Windsor - May Russell
- Hedda Hopper
- Douglas Gilmore
- Mario Carillo
- Pauline Starke
References
- ↑ Dance Madness at silentera.com
- ↑ Arne Andersen's - Lost Film Files (Metro-MGM - silentsaregolden.com
- ↑ Mass, Frederica Sagor (1999). The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 65–67. ISBN 0-8131-2122-1.