The Apache Dancer

{{short description|1923 silent film}}

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| name = The Apache Dancer

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| director = Charles R. Seeling

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| starring = George Larkin
Ollie Kirby
Marie Newall

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| studio = Charles R. Seeling Productions

| distributor = Aywon Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1923|12| }}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

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The Apache Dancer is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles R. Seeling and starring George Larkin, Ollie Kirby.{{Cite web |date=1997 |title=American Film Institute Catalog. Feature Films 1921-1930 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |website=Google Books}}

Theme

Melodramatic romance in which an Apache dancer, after saving the life of an American visitor to a Paris cafe and inheriting a fortune, comes to America to pursue his suit for the hand of the beautiful girl. The villains frustrated in their plan by the dancer fellow and their scheme to discredit him ends when a thrilling fight culminates in triumph for the dancer.{{Cite web |date=April 1924 |title=Motion Picture News Booking Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_15/page/10/mode/2up |website=Internet Archive}}

Cast

  • George Larkin as Apache Dancer{{Cite journal |date=September 8, 1923 |title=Casts of the Week |url=https://archive.org/details/camera06unse/page/n513/mode/2up |journal=Camera! |pages=6}}
  • Marie Newall as Helen Wayne
  • George Williams as John Wayne
  • Ollie Kirby as Nita Jo
  • Julian Rivero as Count Nevair
  • Lew Carter as George Armand
  • Scotty McGee as Louis Gagnoix

References

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Bibliography

  • The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Feature Films, 1921-1930. Film Entries. University of California Press, 1971. The Apache Dancer : p. 22.