Ducks and Drakes

Ducks and Drakes
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Directed by	Maurice Campbell
Produced by	Realart Pictures
Written by	Elmer Harris (screen story & scenario)
Cinematography	H. Kinley Martin
Distributed by	Realart Pictures Corporation
Release date	February 1921
Running time	5 reels (58 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Ducks and Drakes is an extant 1921 American silent comedy film produced and released by Realart Pictures, an offshoot of Paramount Pictures. It was directed by stage producer/director Maurice Campbell and stars Bebe Daniels (also a producer on this film) and Jack Holt. Elmer Harris provided the story and screenplay. A copy is held at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

Lobby card showing Edward Martindel and Bebe Daniels.

Based upon a summary in a film publication,[5] Teddy Simpson (Daniels) is a wealthy young orphan who, instead of marrying Rob Winslow (Holt), whom her Aunty Weeks (Kelso) has selected for her, is bent upon getting into trouble by seeking adventure and through her flirtatious ways. Rob's friends, victims of her telephone flirtations, offer to help him cure her. Part of the cure involves Teddy taking a ride with Tom Hazzard (Lawrence) to an exclusive gun club, with the other conspirators making things so warm for her that she is cured for all time. When Rob calls her the next day, he finds her ready to consent to a speedy wedding.

Cast

Bebe Daniels as Teddy Simpson
Jack Holt as Rob Winslow
Mayme Kelso as Aunty Weeks
Edward Martindel as Dick Chiltern
W. E. Lawrence as Tom Hazzard
Wade Boteler as Colonel Tweed
Maurie Newell as Cissy
Elsie Andrean as Mina

Status

A DVD was released by Edward Lorusso with a music score by David Drazin in March 2016.

References

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Ducks and Drakes
The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (p. 48) published by The American Film Institute, c.1978
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ducks and Drakes
"Ducks and Drakes: Bebe Daniels' Latest Is Thoroughly Amusing". Film Daily. New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 16 (3): 4. April 3, 1921. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

External links

Ducks and Drakes at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Contemporary review in the New York Dramatic Mirror, via Fulton History
Surviving coming attraction lantern slide at the Cleveland Public Library
Lantern slide (George Eastman House)(Wayback Machine)

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Ducks and Drakes

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[3] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (p. 48) published by The American Film Institute, c.1978

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ducks and Drakes

[FilmDaily-5] "Ducks and Drakes: Bebe Daniels' Latest Is Thoroughly Amusing". Film Daily. New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 16 (3): 4. April 3, 1921. Retrieved March 18, 2014.