Ducks and Drakes
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| Directed by | Maurice Campbell |
| Produced by | Realart Pictures |
| Written by | Elmer Harris (screen story & scenario) |
| Cinematography | H. Kinley Martin |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures Corporation |
Release date | February 1921 |
Running time | 5 reels (58 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Ducks and Drakes is an extant 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 starred 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, and a limited edition DVD was released in 2015 by Edward Lorusso via a Kickstarter campaign.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
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
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Ducks and Drakes
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (p. 48) published by The American Film Institute, c.1978
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ducks and Drakes
- ↑ "Ducks and Drakes: Bebe Daniels' Latest Is Thoroughly Amusing". Film Daily. New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 16 (3): 4. Apr 3, 1921. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ducks and Drakes. |
- Ducks and Drakes on IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Contemporary review in the New York Dramatic Mirror, via Fulton History
- Surviving coming attraction lantern slide at the Cleveland Public Library
- Lantern slide (George Eastman House)