''Fair Week'' is a 1924 American silent

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directed by Rob Wagner and written by

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and Walter Woods. The film stars Walter Hiers, Constance Wilson,

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, J. Farrell MacDonald, Bobbie Mack, and Mary Jane Irving. The film was released on March 16, 1924, by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Slim Swasey of Rome, Missouri, is the guardian of Tinkle, a six year old girl deserted by some member of a traveling show. During Fair Week balloonist Madame Le Grande arrives. Isadore Kelly and 'Sure Thing' Sherman are crooks and plan to rob the town bank. When the balloon ascends in a sudden flight, Tinkle is its only passenger, but Slim rushes to the rescue with some acrobatic stunts. Later, Slim foils the scheme of the crooks and wins the affections of Ollie Remus, the young woman that he loves. Madame Le Grande turns out to be Tinkle's mother.

Cast

* Walter Hiers as Slim Swasey *Constance Wilson as Ollie Remus *

as Madame Le Grande * J. Farrell MacDonald as Jasper Remus *Bobbie Mack as Dan Hogue * Mary Jane Irving as Tinkle * Earl Metcalfe as 'Sure Thing' Sherman *Knute Erickson as Isadore Kelly * Jane Keckley as Mary Ellen Allen Constance Wilson was the sister of actress Lois Wilson.

Preservation

A print of ''Fair Week'' survives in the

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archive.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Fair Week''
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References

External links

* * 1924 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1924 comedy films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub