The Idol Dancer is a 1920 American silent South Seas drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Clarine Seymour in her final film role. Seymour was a young actress Griffith was grooming for stardom. She died of pneumonia shortly after emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage on April 24, 1920, less than a month after the film premiered. The film is based on the story "Blood of the Covenants" by Gordon Ray Young. The scenario was written by Stanner E. V. Taylor. Cast Richard Barthelmess as Dan McGuire, beachcomber Clarine Seymour as Mary Creighton Hale as Walter Kincaid George MacQuarrie as Reverend Franklyn Blythe Kate Bruce as Mrs. Blythe Porter Strong as Reverend Peter Anders Randolf as The Blackbirder Walter James as Chief Wando Thomas Carr as Donald Blythe Herbert Sutch as Old Thomas Adolph Lestina as Black Slave Ben Grauer as Native Boy Walter Kolomoku as Native Musician Florence Short as Pansy
The Idol Dancer is a 1920 American silent South Seas drama film produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Clarine Seymour in her final film role. Seymour was a young actress Griffith was grooming for stardom. She died of pneumonia shortly after emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage on April 24, 1920, less than a month after the film premiered. The film is based on the story "Blood of the Covenants" by Gordon Ray Young. The scenario was written by Stanner E. V. Taylor. Cast Richard Barthelmess as Dan McGuire, beachcomber Clarine Seymour as Mary Creighton Hale as Walter Kincaid George MacQuarrie as Reverend Franklyn Blythe Kate Bruce as Mrs. Blythe Porter Strong as Reverend Peter Anders Randolf as The Blackbirder Walter James as Chief Wando Thomas Carr as Donald Blythe Herbert Sutch as Old Thomas Adolph Lestina as Black Slave Ben Grauer as Native Boy Walter Kolomoku as Native Musician Florence Short as Pansy