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
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

• Conway Tearle - Noel Anson
• Dorothy Mackaill - Consuelo Cox
• Robert Cain - Sir Roy Martel
• Henry Vibart - Doctor Frank
• Paul Ellis - Cortez
• Frances Miller Grant - Mammy

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.

External links

• The Dancer of Paris at the Internet Movie Database
• The Dancer of Paris at AllMovie