On Your Toes (1927 film)
On Your Toes | |
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Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
Written by | Pierre Couderc James D. Davis Albert DeMond Gladys Lehman Earle Snell |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Reginald Denny Barbara Worth Hayden Stevenson |
Cinematography | Ross Fisher |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | November 27, 1927 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
On Your Toes is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Reginald Denny, Barbara Worth and Hayden Stevenson. It was part of a trend of sports films produced at various Hollywood studios at the time.
Synopsis
Needing to find a new contender to fight the heavyweight champion who has insulted him, a New York fight promotor travels south to Virginia to recruit the son of an ex-champion only to find that he is running a dance school.
Cast
- Reginald Denny as Elliott Beresford
- Barbara Worth as Mary Sullivan
- Hayden Stevenson as Jack Sullivan
- Frank Hagney as Mello
- Mary Carr as Grandmother
- Gertrude Howard as Mammy
- George West as Mose