''The Dancing Girl'' is a

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1915 silent film drama produced by the

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and distributed by

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. It is based on the 1891 Broadway play of the same name by

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. The film was directed by

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and starred stage actress

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in her film debut. Reed's husband, Malcolm Williams, also appears in the film.''The Dancing Girl'' as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, August 31, 1891 to November 1891; IBDb.com
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Plot

Cast

- Drusilla Ives * Fuller Mellish - David Ives * Lorraine Huling - Faith Ives * Malcolm Williams - A Quaker * William Russell - John Christison *Eugene Ormonde - Duke of Guiseberry *William Lloyd - Mr. Crake *

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- Lady Bawtry

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* * 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Lost American films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by Allan Dwan 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1910s dance films 1915 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub