The Taxi Dancer
Brief Synopsis
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Card shark Lee Rogers overhears Joselyn Poe crying in her furnished room. She is trying to get a dancing job in New York without any luck. He gets her a job as a taxi dancer through which she meets chorus girl Kitty who introduces her to all sorts of cads. Meanwhile Lee, who realizes he loves her, decides to go straight
Cast & Crew
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Harry Millarde
Director
Joan Crawford
Joslyn Poe
Owen Moore
Lee Rogers
Marc Macdermott
Henry Brierhalter
Gertrude Astor
Kitty Lane
Rockliffe Fellowes
Stephen Bates
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Feb
5,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Taxi Dancer by Robert Terry Shannon (New York, 1931).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 4m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,203 or 6,289ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
"Joslyn, unable to get a job as a stage dancer, goes to work in a dancing academy and is befriended by Lee, a gambler. She becomes infatuated with Kelvin, a professional dancer, who is a cad, and when he kills a rounder, she hides him. To save him she agrees to sacrifice herself to Brierhalter, a millionaire, but Kelvin is killed trying to escape the police and Joslyn finds happiness with Lee, who has reformed." ( Moving Picture World, 12 Mar 1927, p133.)
Director
Harry Millarde
Director
Cast
Joan Crawford
Joslyn Poe
Owen Moore
Lee Rogers
Marc Macdermott
Henry Brierhalter
Gertrude Astor
Kitty Lane
Rockliffe Fellowes
Stephen Bates
Douglas Gilmore
James Kelvin
William Orlamond
Doc Ganz
Claire Mcdowell
Aunt Mary
Bert Roach
Charlie Cook
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Feb
5,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Taxi Dancer by Robert Terry Shannon (New York, 1931).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 4m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,203 or 6,289ft
(7 reels)
