# The Fast Set > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Fast_Set > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Fast_Set.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fast_Set > Source revision: 1350051913 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1924 film by William C. deMille The Fast Set Adolphe Menjou and Betty Compson Directed by William C. deMille Written by Clara Beranger (scenario) Based on Spring Cleaning by Frederick Lonsdale Produced by Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky Starring Betty Compson Adolphe Menjou Cinematography L. Guy Wilky Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date October 20, 1924 (1924-10-20) Running time 80 minutes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***The Fast Set*** is a 1924 American silent [comedy-drama film](/source/Comedy-drama_film) directed by [William C. deMille](/source/William_C._deMille) and starring [Betty Compson](/source/Betty_Compson).[1][2] The film is based on the 1923 Broadway play, *[Spring Cleaning](/source/Spring_Cleaning_(play))*, by [Frederick Lonsdale](/source/Frederick_Lonsdale).[3] ## Plot As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Richard Sones (Dexter), novelist, prefers the company of intellectuals, while his wife Margaret (Compson) prefers a fast set. Differences in tastes and a lack of understanding of each begin to alienate them, and Ernest Steele (Menjou), leader of the fast set, hastens the crisis by making love to Margaret. As an object lesson to his wife, Richard brings Mona (Pitts), a [woman of the streets](/source/Prostitute), to his wife's dinner party and tells the guests that her presence should not be resented as she is a professional in the same game they play as amateurs. Margaret decides upon a divorce until she learns that Steele is not eager to marry her. Steele then takes a hand, convincing Richard that he has been too inattentive and showing him how to win back his wife, who really loves him. ## Cast - [Betty Compson](/source/Betty_Compson) as Margaret Sones - [Adolphe Menjou](/source/Adolphe_Menjou) as Ernest Steele - [Elliott Dexter](/source/Elliott_Dexter) as Richard Sones - [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts) as Mona - [Dawn O'Day](/source/Dawn_O'Day) as Little Margaret Sones - [Grace Carlyle](/source/Grace_Carlyle) as Jane Walton - [Claire Adams](/source/Claire_Adams) as Fay Collen - [Rosalind Byrne](/source/Rosalind_Byrne) as Connie Gallies - [Edgar Norton](/source/Edgar_Norton) as Archie Wells - [Louis Natheaux](/source/Louis_Natheaux) as Billy Sommers - [Eugenio de Liguoro](/source/Eugenio_de_Liguoro) as Walters - [Fred Walton](/source/Fred_Walton_(actor)) as Simpson - [Christina Montt](/source/Christina_Montt) (uncredited) ## Preservation *The Fast Set* is currently [presumed lost](/source/Lost_film).[5] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the [National Film Preservation Board](/source/National_Film_Preservation_Board) on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[6] ## See also - *[Women Who Play](/source/Women_Who_Play)* (1932) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Fast Set"](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8960-THE-FASTSET). *afi.com*. Retrieved March 21, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-silentera_2-0)** ["Progressive Silent Film List: *The Fast Set*"](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FastSet1924.html). silentera.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Spring Cleaning* as produced on Broadway, Eltinge Theatre, November 1923-June 1924; 251 performances; IBDb.com](http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=9314) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Smith, Sumner (November 29, 1924). ["*The Fast Set*; William DeMille Produces Striking, Highly Sophisticated Domestic Drama for Paramount"](https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor71novd/page/450/mode/1up). *The Moving Picture World*. **71** (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 450. Retrieved June 22, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: *The Fast Set*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230321141559/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5151/default.html). *memory.loc.gov*. Archived from [the original](http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5151/default.html) on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lost_U.S._Silent_Feature_Films_6-0)** ["7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)"](https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList020421.pdf) (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 19, 2026. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [The Fast Set](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Fast_Set). - [*The Fast Set*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014876/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Lobby or window card](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190841/http://silenthollywood.com/sitebuilder/images/THE_FAST_SET_1924-780x666.jpg) (Wayback Machine) - [Zasu Pitts in the film](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/zasu-pitts-fast-set-1924-original-461998373) (archived) - [Anne Shirley, Zasu Pitts](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/anne-shirley-dawn-day-orig-1924-scene-1730831883) (archived) - [Anne Shirley, Zasu Pitts](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/anne-shirley-aka-dawn-day-zasu-pitts-136170862) (archived) - [Movie herald *The Fast Set*](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1924-lost-film-fast-set-william-1845266363) (archived) v t e Films directed by William C. deMille The Only Son (1914) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923) Icebound (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Fast Set (1924) Locked Doors (1925) Men and Women (1925) Lost: A Wife (1925) New Brooms (1925) The Splendid Crime (1926) The Runaway (1926) For Alimony Only (1926) The Little Adventuress (1927) Craig's Wife (1928) Tenth Avenue (1928) The Doctor's Secret (1929) Midnight Life (1929) The Idle Rich (1929) This Mad World (1930) Passion Flower (1930) Two Kinds of Women (1932) His Double Life (1933) This article about a silent comedy-drama film is a stub. 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