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The Idol Dancer is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. W. Griffith released in USA on 21 march 1920 with Richard Barthelmess

The Idol Dancer (1920)

The Idol Dancer
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Released in USA 21 march 1920
Length 1h44
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating50% 2.5473652.5473652.5473652.5473652.547365

The Idol Dancer is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Clarine Seymour in her final film role. Seymour was a young actress Griffith was grooming for stardom. She died of pneumonia shortly after emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage on April 24, 1920, less than a month after the film premiered.

The film is based on the story "Blood of the Covenants" by Gordon Ray Young. The scenario was written by Stanner E. V. Taylor.

Synopsis

Mary (Seymour) is the daughter of a French man and a Javanese mother and enjoys dancing. She has two lovers, one being a beachcomber (Barthelmess) who was tossed off a passing ship for failing to work and desires only to drink gin. The other is a sickly young American (Kincaid) who has come to the island in hope of regaining his health and is staying with his missionary uncle (MacQuarrie) and his wife (Bruce). Natives from a neighboring island attack. The beachcomber reforms and Mary comes to love him.

Actors

Richard Barthelmess

(Dan McGuire)Clarine Seymour

(Mary)Creighton Hale

(Walter Kincaid)George MacQuarrie

(Rev. Franklyn Blythe)Kate Bruce

(Mrs. Blythe)
And :
Anders Randolf
Walter James
Thomas Carr
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