Man Bait (1926 film) explained

Man Bait
Cinematography:	Harold Rosson
Studio:	Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributor:	Producers Distributing Corporation
Released:	^[1]
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Man Bait is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Marie Prevost, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Kenneth Thomson.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Plot

After she is fired from her role as a shopgirl in a department store, Madge finds work as a taxi dancer. At the dance hall she meets and falls in love with a young man from a wealthy background.

Preservation

With no prints of Man Bait located in any film archives, it is a lost film.^[5]

Bibliography

• Jeffrey Vance & Tony Maietta. Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press, 2008.

Notes and References

1. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/ManBait1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Man Bait
2. Web site: Man Bait (1926) - Overview, TCM.com. September 8, 2020. Turner Classic Movies. en.
3. Book: McCaffrey, Donald W.. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Jacobs. Christopher P.. 1999. Greenwood Publishing Group. 95. 978-0-313-30345-6. en.
4. Vance & Maietta p. 198
5. https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/Lost%20silent.updated_122916.pdf List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29. (last updated 12/29/16)