Dangerous Business

📅 1920 ⏱️ 50 min 🎭 Comedy, Romance

📋 Details

🎬 Director

Roy William Neill

✍️ Writers

John Emerson, Anita Loos

🎥 Producers

Raoul Walsh, John Emerson

🌍 Countries

United States of America

🏢 Production

Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

🎭 Genres

Comedy Romance

📖 Overview

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. A lost film.