Ducks and Drakes

For the game of skipping stones on water, see Stone skipping.

Ducks and Drakes is a 1921 American silent comedy film produced and released by Realart Pictures, an offshoot of Paramount Pictures. It was directed by stage producer/director Maurice Campbell and stars Bebe Daniels (also a producer on this film) and Jack Holt. Elmer Harris provided the story and screenplay. A copy is held at the Library of Congress.^[1][2][3][4]

Ducks and Drakes
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Directed by	Maurice Campbell
Written by	Elmer Harris (screen story & scenario)
Produced by	Realart Pictures
Cinematography	H. Kinley Martin
Distributed by	Realart Pictures Corporation
Release date	February 1921 (1921-02)
Running time	5 reels (58 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Lobby card showing Edward Martindel and Bebe Daniels.

Based upon a summary in a film publication,^[5] Teddy Simpson (Daniels) is a wealthy young orphan who, instead of marrying Rob Winslow (Holt), whom her Aunty Weeks (Kelso) has selected for her, is bent upon getting into trouble by seeking adventure and through her flirtatious ways. Rob's friends, victims of her telephone flirtations, offer to help him cure her. Part of the cure involves Teddy taking a ride with Tom Hazzard (Lawrence) to an exclusive gun club, with the other conspirators making things so warm for her that she is cured for all time. When Rob calls her the next day, he finds her ready to consent to a speedy wedding.

Cast

• Bebe Daniels as Teddy Simpson
• Jack Holt as Rob Winslow
• Mayme Kelso as Aunty Weeks
• Edward Martindel as Dick Chiltern
• W. E. Lawrence as Tom Hazzard
• Wade Boteler as Colonel Tweed
• Maurie Newell as Cissy
• Elsie Andrean as Mina

Status

A DVD was released by Edward Lorusso with a music score by David Drazin in March 2016.