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The Barker

The Barker is a 1929 film which tells the story of a woman who comes between a man and his estranged son. It stars Milton Sills[?], Dorothy Mackaill[?], Betty Compson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[?]

The movie was adapted by Benjamin Glazer[?], Joseph Jackson[?] and Herman J. Mankiewicz[?] from the play by Kenyon Nicholson[?]. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice[?].

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Betty Compson).

The Barker is a silent film with some spoken dialogue.

It was remade in 1933 as Hoopla[?] and in 1945 as Diamond Horseshoe[?].

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