On with the Dance | |
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Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
Screenplay by | Ouida Bergère |
Based on | On with the Dance by Michael Morton |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Mae Murray David Powell Alma Tell Holmes Herbert |
Narrated by | Adolph Zukor (presenter) |
Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller Georges Benoît |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | February 15, 1920 |
Running time | 70 mins. |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
On with the Dance is 1920 American silent costume drama directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Mae Murray and David Powell, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a screen adaptation of the 1917 Michael Morton play by the same name. [1] [2]
Filming began in August 1919 when Mae Murray rejoined Famous Players–Lasky Corporation after having completed a term with Universal Pictures. [3]
Actor Robert Schable had appeared in the 1917 Broadway play. [4]
The Evening Post wrote that Mae Murray's work with David Powell was a "revelation", and that her dance work in the film was one of its "outstanding features". [6] Toronto Star noted the film as a success and wrote than fans of Mae Murray and David Powell will hail the two stars returning to headline George Fitzmaurice next film The Right to Love . [7] The Milwaukee Journal wrote that the film played Mae Murray's "dainty little figure and delightful dancing" to advantage. [8]
An excerpt of the film is seen in the Paramount promotional film The House That Shadows Built (1931).
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