A Dash of Courage
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A Dash of Courage is a 1916 silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Charley Chase
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...

, starring Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...

, and featuring Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

, to whom she was briefly married.

Cast

  • Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon was an American film actor. He appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the brother of actor Eddie Gribbon....

     as Police Commissioner
  • Guy Woodward
  • Gloria Swanson
    Gloria Swanson
    Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...

  • Bobby Vernon
    Bobby Vernon
    Bobby Vernon was an American comedic actor in silent films. He later became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby, when the sound era arrived....

  • Frank Opperman
    Frank Opperman
    In 1993 he moved to America for a few years but later returned to South Africa to become co-owner of a Jazz club called Bassline in Johannesburg. He also released a rock album called Serial Boyfriend....

  • Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

     as Police chief
  • Hank Mann
    Hank Mann
    Hank Mann was a comedian and silent screen star who is best known as the last surviving member of the Keystone Cops. According to fellow actor and original member of the ensemble Edgar Kennedy, Mann was the originator of the idea for the Keysotne Cops...

  • Nick Cogley
    Nick Cogley
    Nick Cogley was an American actor, director and writer of the silent era. He appeared in over 170 films between 1909 and 1934.He was born in New York, New York and died in Santa Monica, California.-Selected filmography:...

  • Billy Mason (as William Mason)
  • Al Kaufman
  • Jack Mintz
  • William Jefferson
  • Joan Havez
  • Charley Chase
    Charley Chase
    Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...

  • Raymond Griffith
    Raymond Griffith
    Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians.Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper...

     as Policeman (as Ray Griffith)
  • Jack Henderson
    Jack Henderson
    John "Jack" Henderson was an Irish international footballer who played club football for Ulster as a goalkeeper.Henderson earned three caps for Ireland at the 1885 British Home Championship.-External links:*...

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