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The Dancin' Fool

  • Comedy
  • Romance

May 2, 1920 (US)

0h 50m

The Tale of a Jigger Who Put the Jazz in Jazz!

Sylvester Tibble is a clerk in his uncle's restaurant. Sylvester dreams of becoming a famous dancer and tries to inject a little of the jazz life into his uncle's old-fashioned establishment. When dancer Junie Budd shows up at the restaurant, Sylvester sees a chance to make his d...

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