''Man Bait'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by

Donald Crisp Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English people, English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best S ...

and starring

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as '' The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), '' Gunga Din'' (1939), ...

, and

Kenneth Thomson Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 – June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as the richest pe ...

Plot

After she is fired from her role as a

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in a

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, Madge finds work as a

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. At the

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she meets and falls in love with a young man from a wealthy background.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Man Bait'' located in any film archives, it is a

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.List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29. (last updated 12/29/16)
''Library of Congress'' (PDF)

References

Bibliography

* Jeffrey Vance & Tony Maietta.
Douglas Fairbanks
'. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 comedy films 1926 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language comedy films Films directed by Donald Crisp Lost American comedy films Producers Distributing Corporation films Silent American comedy films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub