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Douglas Gilmore and Joan Crawford.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Taxi Dancer
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6203 or 6289? feet
Directed by Harry Millarde
Cast: Joan Crawford [Joslyn Poe], Owen Moore [Lee Rogers], Marc MacDermott (Marc McDermott) [Henry Brierhalter], Gertrude Astor [Kitty Lane], Rockcliffe Fellowes [Stephen Bates], Douglas Gilmore [James Kelvin], William Orlamond [‘Doc’ Ganz], Claire McDowell [Aunt Mary], Bert Roach [Charlie Cook]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Harry Millarde Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Screen play (scenario) by A.P. Younger, from the novel The Taxi Dancer by Robert Terry Shannon. Set design by Cedric Gibbons and David Townsend. Wardrobe (costume design) by André-ani. Cinematography by Ira H. Morgan. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. / © 2 March 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP23715]. Released 5 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Crawford’s first starring role. / Silent film.
Comedy-Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in the MGM/UA film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 15 February 2024.
References: Eames-MGM p. 33; Quirk-Crawford pp. 14, 42, 43 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.
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