The Dancing Cheat
The Dancing Cheat is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Alice Lake, and Robert Walker.[1]
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Raymond L. Schrock |
| Story by | Calvin Johnston |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Herbert Rawlinson Alice Lake Robert Walker |
| Cinematography | William Thornley |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Brownlow Clay, member of an old Southern family, runs a square gambling house in Tijuana. In a cafe he meets Poppy, a dancer and the wife of a crooked gambler named Kane, who is willing to go the limit in order to achieve her aim. When Clay refuses to respond to her advances, Poppy, enraged, enters into a scheme with her husband to blackmail him. Kane finds her in Clay's apartments and demands hush money. Poppy, ashamed of the part she is playing in this badger game and genuinely in love with Clay, relents, suffers remorse, and double-crosses her husband instead of Clay. With Kane out of the way, Clay and Poppy face a happy future together.
Cast
- Herbert Rawlinson as Brownlow Clay
- Alice Lake as 'Poppy' Marie Andrews
- Robert Walker as Bobby Norton
- Jim Blackwell as Mose
- Ed Brady as 'Denker' Eddie Kane
- Harmon MacGregor as 'Moron Mike' Downs
References
- Munden pp. 162-63
- Pardy, George T. (26 April 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Dancing Cheat". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
