The Taxi Dancer
{{short description|1927 film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Taxi Dancer
| image = Taxi Dancer lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Harry F. Millarde
| producer =
| writer = Adaptation:
A.P. Younger
Titles:
Ralph Spence
| story = Robert Terry Shannon
| starring = Joan Crawford
Owen Moore
Marc McDermott
Gertrude Astor
| cinematography = Ira H. Morgan
| editing =
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1927|2|5}}
| runtime = 64 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
}}
The Taxi Dancer is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Harry F. Millarde and starring Owen Moore and, in her first film with top billing, Joan Crawford.
Plot
Joselyn Poe is a southern girl who tries her luck as dancer in New York City. When she is unable to find work, she works as taxi dancer and meets several suitors.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TaxiDancer1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Taxi Dancer] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=12547 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Taxi Dancer][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2788/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Taxi Dancer]
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Joslyn Poe
- Owen Moore as Lee Rogers
- Marc McDermott as Henry Brierhalter
- Gertrude Astor as Kitty Lane
- Rockliffe Fellowes as Stephen Bates
- Douglas Gilmore as James Kelvin
- William Orlamond as 'Doc' Ganz
- Claire McDowell as Aunt Mary
- Bert Roach as Charlie Cook
- Lou Costello as Extra (uncredited){{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
Crew
- David Townsend, set designer
References
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External links
{{commons category|The Taxi Dancer}}
- {{IMDb title|0018465}}
- {{TCMDb title|1505}}
- [https://www.joancrawfordbest.com/filmstaxi.htm Still and lobby cards] at joancrawfordbest.com
- [http://silenthollywood.com/thetaxidancer.html Stills] at silenthollywood.com
{{Harry F. Millarde}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by Harry F. Millarde
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Silent American comedy films
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