The Dancing Cheat

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The Dancing Cheat
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Directed by Irving Cummings
Written by Raymond L. Schrock
Story by Calvin Johnston
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Herbert Rawlinson
Alice Lake
Robert Walker
Cinematography William Thornley
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 7, 1924 (1924-04-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Dancing Cheat is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Alice Lake, and Robert Walker. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] Brownlow Clay, member of an old Southern family, runs a square gambling house in Tijuana. In a cafe he meets Poppy, a dancer and the wife of a crooked gambler named Kane, who is willing to go the limit in order to achieve her aim. When Clay refuses to respond to her advances, Poppy, enraged, enters into a scheme with her husband to blackmail him. Kane finds her in Clay's apartments and demands hush money. Poppy, ashamed of the part she is playing in this badger game and genuinely in love with Clay, relents, suffers remorse, and double-crosses her husband instead of Clay. With Kane out of the way, Clay and Poppy face a happy future together.

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References

  1. Munden pp. 162-63
  2. Pardy, George T. (26 April 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Dancing Cheat". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. Retrieved 18 November 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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