Summary
Excuse My Dust! is a surviving[1] 1920 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based upon a Saturday Evening Post short story "The Bear Trap" by Byron Morgan. Sam Wood directed Wallace Reid. Reid's young son, Wallace Jr., makes his first screen appearance here. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.[2][3][4]
| Excuse My Dust! | |
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Will M. Ritchey (scenario) |
| Based on | The Bear Trap 1919 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Byron Morgan |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Wallace Reid |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels; 4,330 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
As described in a film magazine,[5] "Toodles" Walton (Reid), former automobile racer, has promised his wife Dorothy (Little) that he will refrain from speeding. But he gives into temptation and, through the influence of his father-in-law Mr. Ward (Roberts), the judge deprives him of the right to pilot a car for six months. Troubled times follow Toodles. He nearly runs over and kills his child, his wife leaves him, and his father-in-law's automobile business, of which he is manager, is being plotted against by its competitors. An automobile race from Los Angeles to San Francisco is planned by the competitors in hope of obtaining the plans of Ward's new motor. A midnight auto race, a collision, and an exciting finish puts Toodles in San Francisco, where his child is ill. The competing company fails in its scheme and Toodles' wife forgives him.
Cast edit
- Wallace Reid as 'Toodles' Walton
- Wallace Reid Jr. as 'Toodles' Jr.
- Ann Little as Dorothy Ward Walden
- Theodore Roberts as J.D. Ward
- Guy Oliver as Darby
- Otto Brower as Max Henderson
- Tully Marshall as President Mutchler
- Walter Long as Ritz
unbilled
- James Gordon as Griggs
- Jack Herbert as Oldham
- Fred Huntley as Police Magistrate
- Byron Morgan (minor role)
- Will M. Ritchey (minor role)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.52 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Excuse My Dust at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Excuse My Dust
- ^ "Reviews: Excuse My Dust". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53. March 20, 1920.
External links edit
- Excuse My Dust at IMDb
- Excuse My Dust synopsis at AllMovie
- Excuse My Dust at the TCM Movie Database
- Excuse My Dust at the American Film Institute Catalog
