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This clip from United Artists' 1920 line-up, THE MOLLYCODDLE, shows Doug Fairbanks at his comedic best- making fun of himself! Directed by Victor Fleming and...
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- Letitia Fairbanks
The Mollycoddle (1920) directed by Victor Fleming, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, performed live at Community Movie Night with Ygal Kaufman, o...
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The Mollycoddle: Directed by Victor Fleming. With Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Renick, Wallace Beery, Paul Burns. An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Victor Fleming
- 1920-06-13
An introduction sets up Fairbanks's character's great Western heritage, only to find Fairbanks a mollycoddle--an expatriated dandy, who imagines Wall Street to be terrorized by cowboy gunfights. From there, Fairbanks must get back to his roots, defeat the bad guys and live happily ever after with the female lead.
The Mollycoddle Released Jun 13, 1920 1h 26m Adventure List Reviews An American dandy (Douglas Fairbanks) who was educated in England gets an unexpected chance to prove his true mettle.
- Victor Fleming
- Adventure
- Douglas Fairbanks
Popular reviews. THE_FUTURIST ★★★★. Before Fairbanks went entirely derring-do and swashbuckling hero, he made these enjoyable comedy adventures which he dubbed 'a coat and tie comedy'. He blends a funny frolic of screwball type, often, surreal comedy with athletic heroics.
The second film in my monograph on Victor Fleming, today we discuss "The Mollycoddle" released in 1920 in the USA, and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It is a product that, as far as quality is concerned, has to be mediated between the first and second half.
