Twinkletoes (1926)

Arcade card with Kenneth Harlan and Colleen Moore in TWINKLETOES (1926).

Colleen Moore & Kenneth Harlan
in "TWINKLETOES"
FIRST NAT. PICTURE

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Colleen Moore in TWINKLETOES (1926)

63-51 Colleen Moore

Twinkletoes, A First National Production -- Twinkletoes asks Roseleaf where her father is while Lilac looks on and Hank signals Roseleaf not to tell. Warner Oland, Julanne Johnston, Colleen Moore, and Lucien Littlefield

63-107 Twinkletoes, A First National Production -- Twinkletoes asks Roseleaf where her father is while Lilac looks on and Hank signals Roseleaf not to tell. Warner Oland, Julanne Johnston, Colleen Moore, and Lucien Littlefield

Julanne Johnston, Warner Oland and Colleen Moore in TWINKLETOES (1926)

63-139 Julanne Johnson, Warner Oland, and Colleen Moore

Gladys Brockwell and Colleen Moore in TWINKLETOES (1926)

63-174 "Twinkletoes" -- Twink discovers the body of Cissie where it has fallen. (Colleen Moore and Gladys Brockwell)
This scene is missing from the Grapevine video version of the film.

Colleen Moore, starring in "Twinkletoes," First National film, reacts to the violin solo rendered by Paul Whiteman, the eminent orchestra leader, composer and idol of American music fans. (1926)

X-225 Colleen Moore, starring in "Twinkletoes," First National film, reacts to the violin solo rendered by Paul Whiteman, the eminent orchestra leader, composer and idol of American music fans.

Kenneth Harlen, Colleen Moore and Carl Stockdale in TWINKLETOES (1926)

Kenneth Harlan, Colleen Moore, and (on far right) Carl Stockdale

Twinkletoes

Distributor: First National
Producer: First National
Length: Undetermined

DIRECTOR Charles Brabin
Cameraman James Van Trees
   
    
PLAYERS
Twinkletoes  Colleen Moore
Chuck Lightfoot Kenneth Harlan
Dad Minasi  Tully Marshall
Cissie Gladys Brockwell
Hank Lucian Littlefield
Roseleaf Warner Oland
Bill Carsides John Philip Kolb
Lilac  Julanne Johnston
Inspector Territon William McDonald

TYPE: Romantic drama.
THEME: Romantic love.
LOCALE: London's Limehouse district.
TIME: The present.

STORY: Twinkletoes is trying to emulate her mother in becoming a dancer of note. She meets Chuck, champion pugilist, whose wife is a drunken, unlovable creature. She realizes she loves him when he saves her from a Linehouse denizen. The jealous wife discovers that Twinkletoes' beloved Dad, who is a sign painter by day, is a burglar by night, and she exposes him to the police. Twink scores a tremendous success that night when she appears at a local music hall under the management of Roseleaf, a man pursuing her. She hastens home to her father, who has prepared a supper for her in celebration. She fails to find him for, warned that the police are after him, he has enlisted the aid of Chuck in destroying evidence in the cellar. At the "pub" she learns the truth about her father and faints. Roseleaf takes her to his apartment. Chuck goes to her rescue but she escapes before he arrived. Her father is arrested, and the drunken woman killed in an accident. Feeling everything in life has gone wrong, Twink throws herself into the river, but Chuck jumps in and rescues her. Safe in the haven of his arms she finds that life holds something for her that is worth while.

HIGHLIGHTS: Limehouse waterfront scenes... Love between Twinkletoes and Chuck... Dance hall scenes... Scene in which Twink learns the truth about her father... Her escape from Roseleaf... Her attempted suicide and rescue by Chuck.

-- Exhibitor's Herald, November 20, 1926, p. 56

with Colleen Moore and Kenneth Harlan. Directed by Charles Brabin. First National.

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Last Modified June 5, 2022