The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Comedy-drama | 8 February 1926
Cast:
Tom Moore, Bessie Love, Harrison Ford [ More ]Director:
Herbert BrenonWriter:
Paul SchofieldCinematographer:
James HoweProduction Designer:
Julian Boone FlemingProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.George M. Cohan's play was also the basis of the 1936 Twentieth Century-Fox musical comedy Song and Dance Man, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Clair Trevor and Paul Kelly (see entry). ...
George M. Cohan's play was also the basis of the 1936 Twentieth Century-Fox musical comedy Song and Dance Man, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Clair Trevor and Paul Kelly (see entry).
Happy Farrell is caught trying to hold up two men--Charles Nelson, theatrical producer, and Joseph Murdock, a rich artist. He exonerates himself by relating his tribulations as a song-and-dance man and how he gave his last penny to an old woman and her daughter, Leola, also a dancer. Nelson agrees to give both Happy and Leola a chance on Broadway. Leola is a success, but Happy fails and goes west to try his luck. When he returns successful, he finds that Leola, now engaged to Murdock, has become a star. Happy yearns to return to the song and dance circuit and does ...
Happy Farrell is caught trying to hold up two men--Charles Nelson, theatrical producer, and Joseph Murdock, a rich artist. He exonerates himself by relating his tribulations as a song-and-dance man and how he gave his last penny to an old woman and her daughter, Leola, also a dancer. Nelson agrees to give both Happy and Leola a chance on Broadway. Leola is a success, but Happy fails and goes west to try his luck. When he returns successful, he finds that Leola, now engaged to Murdock, has become a star. Happy yearns to return to the song and dance circuit and does so.
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