Womanhandled
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Womanhandled
| image = Womanhandled lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Gregory La Cava
| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
| writer = Arthur Stringer (story)
Luther Reed (adaptation)
| starring = Richard Dix
Esther Ralston
| music =
| cinematography = Edward Cronjager
| editing =
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1925|12|28}}
| runtime = 7 reels (6,765 feet)
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Womanhandled is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story by Arthur Stringer and stars Richard Dix and Esther Ralston.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/Womanhandled1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Womanhandled] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13454 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Womanhandled]
Plot
Bill Dana (Richard Dix) meets Mollie (Esther Ralston) in the park and is smitten. Mollie expresses admiration for the rugged men of the west, and Bill decides to go to his Uncle Lester's (Edmund Breese) ranch to man up and deserve Mollie's love. Upon arrival he finds that the west isn't quite so wild anymore, with cowboys herding cows in cars and his uncle spending a lot of time on the golf course. Bill settles in to enjoy his stay, but after a while Mollie announces she is coming for a visit. Bill and Uncle Lester cook up a plan to pass as rugged for a day or so, forcing the cowboys onto horses and dressing the servants up as Native Americans, and Mollie is fooled. When she decides to stay longer, Bill puts on a show of being too rugged. He eats with atrocious table manners and picks a fight with a farmhand. Mollie decides she preferred him un-rugged.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Richard Dix as Bill Dana
- Esther Ralston as Mollie
- Edmund Breese as Uncle Lester
- Cora Williams as Aunt Abby
- Olive Tell as Gwen
- Margaret Morris as Iris Vale
- Tammany Young as Spike
- Eli Nadel as The Kid
- Basset Blakely as Cow Hand
- Edgar Nelson Pinky (uncredited)
- Ivan Simpson as Butler (uncredited)
}}
Preservation
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0016550}}
- [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbD-h4pIS9c/TzwQqjw_eaI/AAAAAAAAF5o/jJiN1gEUSeY/s1600/1925+Womanhandled+-.jpg Lobby poster]
- {{Youtube|rf6FWxQXg1I|Womanhandled}}{{dead link|date=April 2023}}
{{Gregory La Cava}}
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Category:Famous Players-Lasky films
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Surviving American silent films
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