The Tango Cavalier

Name: The Tango Cavalier
Genre: Drama
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: George Larkin, Frank Whitson, Dorris Dare

1923
50m

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6.5/10

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George Larkin in The Tango Cavalier (1923)

Drama

Don Lawson, alias Don Armingo, is a member of the Secret Service who joins a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As Don is about to make an arrest, the smugglers take flight, kidnappin... Read allDon Lawson, alias Don Armingo, is a member of the Secret Service who joins a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As Don is about to make an arrest, the smugglers take flight, kidnapping his sweetheart, Doris Pomeroy, but Carmelita, a tango dancer in love with Don but in lea... Read allDon Lawson, alias Don Armingo, is a member of the Secret Service who joins a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As Don is about to make an arrest, the smugglers take flight, kidnapping his sweetheart, Doris Pomeroy, but Carmelita, a tango dancer in love with Don but in league with the smugglers, releases him. However, he rejects her amorous advances, and is for... Read all

Director
- Charles R. Seeling
Writers
- Donald I. Buchanan
- Charles R. Seeling
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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Director
- Charles R. Seeling
Writers
- Donald I. Buchanan
- Charles R. Seeling
Stars

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George Larkin

Don Lawson aka Don Armingo

Frank Whitson

Colonel Pomeroy

Dorris Dare

Doris Pomeroy
(as Doris Dare)

Ollie Kirby

Carmelita

William Quinn

Brute Morgan
(as Billy Quinn)

Mike Tellegen

Strongarm
(as Michael Tellegen)

Director
- Charles R. Seeling
Writers
- Donald I. Buchanan
- Charles R. Seeling
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After making appearances in 80 short films and serials through 1917, this film marked Ollie Kirby's first film in six years and her first feature film.

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The Tango Dance Craze

This low-budget 1923 film tried to cash in on the tango craze started by Rudolph Valentino in THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE in 1921. The tango danced by stars George Larkin and Ollie Kirby follows some basic dance steps but then devolves into bizarre high kicks and fox trot moves. Larkin and Kirby are dressed in similar outfits worn in the Valentino film.

Tango aside, the plot here involves a mysterious stranger (Larkin) who comes to a border town and wows the crowd at the local cantina with his tango. His dance partner, the notorious La Carmelita (Kirby) is involved with smugglers and she lures Larkin into flying a plane loaded with contraband into Mexico, In the meantime, the local thugs kidnap a rancher's daughter (Dorris Dare) who just happens to be sweet on Larkin.

Standard plot is highlighted by location shooting and some nice stunt work on a biplane by Larkin and Dare.

Larkin and Kirby were married at the time they appeared in this film. It marked Ollie Kirby's first film since 1917 and her first feature film. She had appeared in serials and short films before this.