The Barker
The Barker is a 1928 parttalkie precode romantic drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., acquired in September 1928. The film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr..
The film tells the story of a woman Dorothy Mackaill who comes between a man Milton Sills and his estranged son Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sills is a carnival barker who is in love with a dancing girl and is ambitious to have his son, Fairbanks, become a lawyer. Fairbanks has other ideas and during his vacation he hops a freight, joins the carnival, and weds a dancing girl Mackaill. Eventually, Fairbanks fulfills the ambition his father had for him.The film survives intact with its sound and has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. ........
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