Spangles (1926)

movie

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1926-11-07
Director: Frank O’Connor
Writers: Nellie Revell , Hugh Hoffman , Leah Baird , Walter Anthony
Language: English
Stars: Marian Nixon , Pat O’Malley , Hobart Bosworth , Gladys Brockwell , Jay Emmett , James Conly , Grace Gordon , Paul Howard , Tiny Ward , Charles Becker
Runtime: 77 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Spangles (United Kingdom) , Crime no Circo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Flygande cirkusen (Sweden) , Spangles (Australia) , Spangles (South Africa) , Spangles (India) , Spangles (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation) , Spangles , Spangles (Bangladesh) , Spangles (Egypt) , Spangles (Canada) , Spangles (Belgium) , Spangles (Hong Kong) , Spangles (Jamaica) , Lentejuelas (Spain) , Spangles (Ireland) , Det flyvende cirkus (Denmark) , Spangles (Indonesia) , Spangles (Pakistan) , Amores de Circo (Brazil) , Spangles (Singapore) , Spangles (United States of America)
Plot: Happy to report this movie is out on DVD. Definitely not restored, but overall in pretty good condition. It has one of the strangest musical accompaniments I've heard, but is certainly worth seeing. It appears to have the original title cards. Many interesting scenes involving the circus - particular one "rebel" elephant. Numerous location shots with a sizable number of extras. The plot: three men want to possess Spangles - a bareback horse rider - but only one succeeds. I've heard of the star, Marian Nixon, but had never seen one of her movies. Note, the movie runs 77 minutes, which is longer than the 58 minutes shown on IMDb.
IMDB:tt0017421