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Womanhandled
Lobby card
Directed by	Gregory La Cava
Written by	Arthur Stringer (story) Luther Reed (adaptation)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Richard Dix Esther Ralston
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 28, 1925 (1925-12-28)
Running time	7 reels (6,765 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Womanhandled is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story by Arthur Stringer and stars Richard Dix and Esther Ralston.

Plot

Bill Dana (Richard Dix) meets Mollie (Esther Ralston) in the park and is smitten. Mollie expresses admiration for the rugged men of the west, and Bill decides to go to his Uncle Lester's (Edmund Breese) ranch to man up and deserve Mollie's love. Upon arrival he finds that the west isn't quite so wild anymore, with cowboys herding cows in cars and his uncle spending a lot of time on the golf course. Bill settles in to enjoy his stay, but after a while Mollie announces she is coming for a visit. Bill and Uncle Lester cook up a plan to pass as rugged for a day or so, forcing the cowboys onto horses and dressing the servants up as Native Americans, and Mollie is fooled. When she decides to stay longer, Bill puts on a show of being too rugged. He eats with atrocious table manners and picks a fight with a farmhand. Mollie decides she preferred him un-rugged.

Cast

• Richard Dix as Bill Dana
• Esther Ralston as Mollie
• Edmund Breese as Uncle Lester
• Cora Williams as Aunt Abby
• Olive Tell as Gwen
• Margaret Morris as Iris Vale
• Tammany Young as Spike
• Eli Nadel as The Kid
• Basset Blakely as Cow Hand
• Edgar Nelson Pinky (uncredited)
• Ivan Simpson as Butler (uncredited)

Preservation

A print of Womanhandled is held at the Library of Congress.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Womanhandled at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Womanhandled
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Womanhandled

External links

• Womanhandled at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Lobby poster
• Womanhandled on YouTube

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Sound	Big News (1929) Saturday's Children (1929) His First Command (1929) Laugh and Get Rich (1931) Smart Woman (1931) Symphony of Six Million (1932) The Age of Consent (1932) The Half Naked Truth (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Bed of Roses (1933) Gallant Lady (1934) What Every Woman Knows (1934) The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Private Worlds (1935) She Married Her Boss (1935) My Man Godfrey (1936) Stage Door (1937) Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) Primrose Path (1940) Unfinished Business (1941) Lady in a Jam (1942) Living in a Big Way (1947) One Touch of Venus (1948)
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