The Dancing Town Explained

The Dancing Town
Director:	Edmund Lawrence
Producer:	Eugene Spitz
Starring:	Helen Hayes
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	20 minutes (2 reels, c. 200 ft.)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Dancing Town is a 1928 two-reeler film, starring Helen Hayes. It was Humphrey Bogart's film debut.

Cast

• Helen Hayes as Olive Pepperall
• Clarence Nordstrom as Hopperday, Jr.
• Ada May Weeks as Prue Pepperall (credited as Ada May)
• Hal Skelly as Tom Kinch
• Harry Beresford as Pa Pepperall
• Elizabeth Patterson as Ma Pepperall
• Jefferson De Angelis as Jake
• George Le Guere as Olive's Dance Partner
• Dallas Welford as Judge Hopperday
• Josephine Drake as Ma Hopperday
• Charles Eaton as Horace Pepperall
• Harry Short as Honest Deacon Flynn
• Humphrey Bogart as Man in Doorway at Dance

Film preservation

The UCLA Film and Television Archive has a complete preservation copy of the film.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The dancing town / Daniel Frohman presents; Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.; produced by Eugene Spitz; directed by Edmund Lawrence; scenario by Adeline Leitzbach. . UCLA Film and Television Archive.