''Steppin' Out'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by

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. The film stars

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, and

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, and was released by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1925.

Cast list

as Daisy Moran *

as John Durant *

as Henry Brodman, Jr. * Cissy Fitzgerald as Mrs. John Durant *

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as Mrs. Henry Brodman *

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as Henry Brodman * Harry Lorraine as Sergeant

Preservation and status

An incomplete copy of the film, with reels 3 and 5 missing, is held at the

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