Dangerous Business is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Constance Talmadge, Kenneth Harlan, and George Fawcett.Goble p. 60
Plot Clarence Brooks is a shy, timid man working for Mr. Flavell. He is love with Flavell's daughter, Nancy. Nancy is shallow and fickle, always chasing after other, less-upstanding men. Clarence enlists when World War I erupts. While Clarence is off defending his country, Nancy's mother arranges for her daughter to marry the wealthy Mr. Braille. When Braille is drafted, Nancy's mother starts arranging a rush wedding, against Nancy's wishes. Nancy claims that she and Clarence are already secretly married.
When the war is over and Clarence returns home, he refuses to be a part of her charade. When Clarence declines the offer to marry Nancy for real, she must mature to win his affections back.
Cast Constance Talmadge as Nancy Flavelle Kenneth Harlan as Clarence Brooks George Fawcett as Mr. Flavell Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Flavell John Raymond as Mr. Braille Florida Kingsley as Mrs. Brooks Nina Cassavant as Genevieve
Preservation There are no listings of Dangerous Business in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Dangerous Business making it a lost film.
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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