The Dancer of Paris

The Dancer of Paris
Directed by Alfred Santell
Produced by First National Pictures
Robert Kane
Based on "The Dancer of Paris"
by Michael Arlen
Starring Dorothy Mackaill
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release dates
  • February 28, 1926 (1926-02-28)
Running time
70 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Dancer of Paris is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. Based on the short story of the same name by Michael Arlen, the film was directed by Alfred Santell and starred Dorothy Mackaill.[1] The Dancer of Paris is now considered lost.[2]

The film is noted for featuring Dorothy Mackaill nearly nude. In one scene, she appears in only beads and stones. In the film's final scene, MacKaill appeared in breastplates, a loin cloth and a cloak.[3]

Cast

References

  1. White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  2. The Dancer of Paris at silentera.com
  3. Leff, Leonard J.; Simmons, Jerold L. (2001). The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code (2 ed.). University Press of Kentucky. p. 6. ISBN 0-813-19011-8.


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