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Manhandled is an uproarious comedy from silent screen legend Gloria Swanson. Her most successful collaboration with director Allan Dwan (Stage Struck, Zaza), it tells the story of Tessie McGuire (Swanson), a down-on-her-luck salesgirl who climbs the social ladder by pretending to be a Russian countess. Tessie is a working class gal whose boyfriend Jimmy (Tom Moore) stands her up on a date, so she goes to a sculptor’s party instead, where her skill with mimicry makes her a hit. She is hired by a fashionable dressmaking establishment to use her acting skills on their customers. By impersonating a Russian noblewoman she has men at her beck and call. That is, until some authentic Russians arrive, and her scheme is truly put to the test. Manhandled is presented in the most complete version available.
Original Release
07/22/1924
US Release
07/22/1924
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gloria Swanson | Tessie McGuire |
Tom Moore | Jim Hogan |
Lilyan Tashman | Pinkie Moran |
Ian Keith | Robert Brandt |
Arthur Housman | Chip Thorndyke |
Paul McAllister | Paul Garretson |
Frank Morgan | Arno Riccardi |
Pierre Collosse | Bippo (as M. Collosse) / Bippo |
Marie Shelton | Model |
Carrie Scott | Boarding House Keeper |
Directors
Writers
Frank Tuttle, Sidney R. Kent, Arthur Stringer, Julian Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gloria Swanson | Tessie McGuire |
Tom Moore | Jim Hogan |
Lilyan Tashman | Pinkie Moran |
Ian Keith | Robert Brandt |
Arthur Housman | Chip Thorndyke |
Paul McAllister | Paul Garretson |
Frank Morgan | Arno Riccardi |
Pierre Collosse | Bippo (as M. Collosse) / Bippo |
Marie Shelton | Model |
Carrie Scott | Boarding House Keeper |
Ann Pennington | Herself / Ann Pennington |
Brooke Johns | Brooke Johns |
Frank Allworth | Salesman |
Brooke Johnson | Himself |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Allan Dwan | Producer |