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Dangerous Business (1920 film)

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Dangerous Business

Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Madeleine Sharps Buchanan (story) John Emerson Anita Loos Charles Ray Rob Wagner
Produced by	John Emerson Anita Loos Raoul Walsh Joseph M. Schenck
Starring	Constance Talmadge Kenneth Harlan George Fawcett
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Production company	Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	November 28, 1920 (1920-11-28)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Dangerous Business is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Constance Talmadge, Kenneth Harlan, and George Fawcett.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Clarence Brooks is a shy, timid man working for Mr. Flavell. He is love with Flavell's daughter, Nancy. Nancy is shallow and fickle, always chasing after other, less-upstanding men. Clarence enlists when World War I erupts. While Clarence is off defending his country, Nancy's mother arranges for her daughter to marry the wealthy Mr. Braille. When Braille is drafted, Nancy's mother starts arranging a rush wedding, against Nancy's wishes. Nancy claims that she and Clarence are already secretly married.

When the war is over and Clarence returns home, he refuses to be a part of her charade. When Clarence declines the offer to marry Nancy for real, she must mature to win his affections back.

Cast[edit]

Constance Talmadge as Nancy Flavelle
Kenneth Harlan as Clarence Brooks
George Fawcett as Mr. Flavell
Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Flavell
John Raymond as Mr. Braille
Florida Kingsley as Mrs. Brooks
Nina Cassavant as Genevieve

Preservation[edit]

There are no listings of Dangerous Business in any film archives,^[2] making it a lost film.

References[edit]

^ Goble p. 60

^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dangerous Business

Bibliography[edit]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dangerous Business (1920 film).

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What's Wrong with the Women? (1922)
The Man from M.A.R.S (1922)
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By Divine Right (1924)
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