Syncopating Sue

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Syncopating Sue
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Directed by Richard Wallace
Written by Adelaide Heilbron
Jack Wagner
Based onAshes
by Reginald B. Goode
Produced by Corinne Griffith
Starring Corinne Griffith
Tom Moore
Cinematography Harold Wenstrom
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • October 31, 1926 (1926-10-31)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Syncopating Sue is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Corinne Griffith and Tom Moore. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play, Ashes by Reginald Goode. [1]

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With no copies of Syncopating Sue located in any film archives, [2] it is a lost film. [3]

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