''The Dancing Town'' is a 1928 two-reeler film, starring

Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...

. It was

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...

's film debut.

Cast

* Helen Hayes as Olive Pepperall * Clarence Nordstrom as Hopperday, Jr. *

Ada May Weeks Ada May Weeks Potter Castegnaro (March 8, 1896 – April 25, 1978), sometimes billed as Ada May or Ada Mae Weeks, or referred to as the Countess Castegnaro, was an American actress and dancer, on stage, film, and radio. Early life Weeks was b ...

as Prue Pepperall (credited as Ada May) *

Hal Skelly Hal Skelly (James Harold Skelley; May 31, 1891 – June 16, 1934) was an American Broadway and film actor. Biography He was born James Harold Skelley in Alleghenyville, Pennsylvania to James and Martha Skelley. His family moved to Davenp ...

as Tom Kinch *

Harry Beresford Harry J. Beresford (4 November 1863 – 4 October 1944) was an English-born actor on the American stage and in motion pictures. He used the professional name Harry J. Morgan early in his career. Career Harry Beresford began his acting career i ...

as Pa Pepperall * Elizabeth Patterson as Ma Pepperall *

Jefferson De Angelis Thomas Jefferson De Angelis (November 30, 1859 – March 20, 1933), born in San Francisco was an American century stage actor who specialized in comedy and acrobatic clowning and who achieved fame in vaudeville and on Broadway. He was also a ...

as Jake *

George Le Guere George Le Guere (born George Le Guere Mullally; July 17, 1881 – November 21, 1947) was an American stage and screen actor, he was sometimes credited as George LeGuere. Biography Le Guere was a graduate of Georgetown University and later wor ...

as Olive's Dance Partner * Dallas Welford as Judge Hopperday * Josephine Drake as Ma Hopperday * Charles Eaton as Horace Pepperall * Harry Short as Honest Deacon Flynn * Humphrey Bogart as Man in Doorway at Dance

Film preservation

The

UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv ...

has a complete preservation copy of the film.

References

External links

* 1928 films Paramount Pictures short films American black-and-white films American silent short films Films with screenplays by Rupert Hughes 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{short-film-stub