The Idol Dancer
(1920) American
B&W : Seven reels / 7033 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Clarine Seymour, Richard Barthelmess, George MacQuarrie, Creighton Hale, Kate Bruce, Thomas Carr, Anders Randolph (Anders Randolf), Porter Strong, Herbert Stuch, Walter James, Adolphe Lestina, Florence Short, Ben Graver, Walter Kolomoko

D.W. Griffith production; distributed by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. / Scenario by Stanner E.V. Taylor, from a story by Gordon Roy Young. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and Paul H. Allen. / © 7 May 1920 by David W. Griffith (D.W. Griffith) [LP15114]. Premiere 21 March 1920 at the Strand Theatre in New York, New York. Released 21 March 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Fires of Love. The film was subtitled: A Story of the Southern Seas. Clarine Seymour died 25 April 1920 from complications during an emergency operation; this was her last film.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2120.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: USA: Florida: Fort Lauderdale

Listing updated: 8 March 2007.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2120; Barry-Griffith pp. 29, 61-62; Everson-American p. 188; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 17, 20; Limbacher-Feature p. 118 : ClasIm-224 p. 38.

Home Video: DVD.