The Barker

The Barker

"The Barker" (1928) film which tells the story of a woman who comes between a man and his estranged son. It stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and released by First National Pictures in December 1928. (First National had been acquired by Warner Brothers in September 1928.)

The movie was adapted by Benjamin Glazer, Joseph Jackson and Herman J. Mankiewicz from the play by Kenyon Nicholson. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Betty Compson). "The Barker" is a silent film with some spoken dialogue.

It was remade in 1933 as "Hoop-La" and in 1945 as "Diamond Horseshoe". Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu remade this film in "A Story of Floating Weeds" (1934) and again in "Floating Weeds" (1959). [ [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=232&eid=348&section=essay http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=232&eid=348&section=essay] ]

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