Dance Madness

Dance Madness
Dance Madness
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Frederica Sagor
Starring	Claire Windsor; Conrad Nagel; Hedda Hopper
Cinematography	John Arnold; William H. Daniels
Edited by	William LeVanway
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 4, 1926;
Running time	70 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Dance Madness is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard based upon a script by Frederica Sagor. The film starred Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel, and Hedda Hopper.^[1] Dance Madness is now considered to be a lost film.^[2]

According to the credited screenwriter, Frederica Sagor, Dance Madness was "patently a rewrite" of The Guardsman, a work by Ferenc Molnár that was later directly adapted for film. Sagor notes the screenplay was not written by her, but by Alice D. G. Miller, and she only provided script rewrites.^[3]

Plot[]

May (Claire Windsor) is married to Roger (Conrad Nagel), an alcoholic hell-raiser. During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer (Hedda Hopper) and trying to seduce him.

Cast[]

Conrad Nagel as Roger Halladay
Claire Windsor as May Russell
Hedda Hopper as Valentina
Douglas Gilmore as Bud
Mario Carillo as Strokoff
Elmo Billings
Estelle Clark as Minor Role (uncredited)
Joyzelle Joyner as Dancer (uncredited)
Belva McKay as Minor Role (uncredited)

References[]

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Dance Madness at silentera.com
^ Arne Andersen's - Lost Film Files (Metro-MGM - silentsaregolden.com Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Mass, Frederica Sagor (1999). The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 65–67. ISBN 0-8131-2122-1.

External links[]

Dance Madness at IMDb
Dance Madness at AllMovie
Stills at silenthollywood.com

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Dance Madness at silentera.com

[2] Arne Andersen's - Lost Film Files (Metro-MGM - silentsaregolden.com Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Mass, Frederica Sagor (1999). The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 65–67. ISBN 0-8131-2122-1.

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