Dancing Days (film)

Dancing Days is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Helene Chadwick, Forrest Stanley, and Lillian Rich.^[1][2] It is based on the 1910 novel of the same name by the British writer J.J. Bell.^[3] The films depicts a married man who falls in love with a flapper, and is increasingly dominated by his new love interest.

Dancing Days
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Directed by	Albert H. Kelley
Written by	Dorothy Cairns
Based on	Dancing Days by J.J. Bell
Produced by	J. G. Bachmann
Starring	Helene Chadwick Forrest Stanley Lillian Rich
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Production company	B. P. Schulberg Productions
Distributed by	Preferred Pictures
Release date	September 27, 1926 (1926-09-27)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Synopsis

After ten years of marriage to Alice, Ralph Hedman is introduced by his brother to the flapper Lillian Loring and his eye begins to wander. The new woman seems to have complete control over him. When he falls ill, she tries to recover him by getting him to dance the Charleston. Alice accepts defeat, but a chance car accident brings them back together.

Cast

• Helene Chadwick as Alice Hedman
• Forrest Stanley as Ralph Hedman
• Gloria Gordon as Maid
• Lillian Rich as Lillian Loring
• Robert Agnew as Gerald Hedman
• Tom Ricketts as Stubbins
• Sylvia Ashton as Katinka

Preservation

Prints of Dancing Days are held in the collections of the Museum Of Modern Art and Library and Archives Canada.^[4]