The Dancin' Fool

The Dancin' Fool
The Dancin' Fool
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Directed by	Sam Wood
Written by	Henry Payson Dowst (story); Clara Genevieve Kennedy (adaptation, scenario)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Wallace Reid; Bebe Daniels
Cinematography	Alfred Gilks
Distributed by	Paramount/Artcraft
Release date	May 2, 1920;
Running time	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Dancin' Fool is a surviving 1920 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Sam Wood directed this one of his earliest efforts. Wallace Reid and Bebe Daniels star, at the time Paramount was making them a popular team in replacement of Reid's previous female lead Ann Little.^[1]^[2]^[3] A copy of this film survives in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.^[3]^[4]

Plot

As described in a film publication,^[5] Sylvester Tibble (Reid), a country yokel, comes to New York City to work at his uncle Enoch Jones's (Hatton) jug business for $6 per week and earns extra money dancing at a jazz cabaret. He becomes the dance partner of Junie Budd (Daniels). They soon find romance while performing Apache dance routines. Sylvester also makes a success of his uncle's business by introducing modern business methods.