The Song and Dance Man

The Song and Dance Man

Drama | Feb. 8, 1926

Song and Dance Man was based on the play of the same name by George M. Cohan. Tom Moore plays vaudevillian Happy Farrell, who gives up show biz to take a "civilian" job. Finding success in the business world, Happy tries to go back on stage, only to find that it isn't quite so easy the second time around. Meanwhile, our hero's former vaude partner Leola Lane (Bessie Love), now a headliner at the Palace, gives it all up to become the bride of artist Joseph Murdock

The Song and Dance Man

Drama | Feb. 8, 1926

The Song and Dance Man
Song and Dance Man was based on the play of the same name by George M. Cohan. Tom Moore plays vaudevillian Happy Farrell, who gives up show biz to take a "civilian" job. Finding success in the business world, Happy tries to go back on stage, only to find that it isn't quite so easy the second time around. Meanwhile, our hero's former vaude partner Leola Lane (Bessie Love), now a headliner at the Palace, gives it all up to become the bride of artist Joseph Murdock
Producers Paramount
Original title The Song and Dance Man
Directors Herbert Brenon
Writers George M. Cohan, Paul Schofield

Cast

Tom Moore

as Happy Farrell

Bessie Love

as Leola Lane

Harrison Ford

as Joseph Murdock

Norman Trevor

as Charles Nelson

Bobby Watson

as Fred Carroll

Josephine Drake

as Jane Rosemond

George Nash

as Inspector Craig

William B. Mack

as Tom Crosby

Helen Lindroth

as Marsha Lane

Jane Jennings

as Ma Carroll