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Ladies Must Dress
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5599 feet
Directed by Victor Heerman

Cast: Virginia Valli [Eve], Lawrence Gray [Joe], Hallam Cooley [Art], Nancy Carroll [Mazie], Earle Foxe [George Ward Jr.], Wilson Hummell [the office manager], William Tooker (William H. Tooker) [Mr. Ward Sr.]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Reginald Morris, from a screen story by Victor Heerman. Assistant director, Charles Woolstenhulme. Cinematography by Glen MacWilliams. Intertitles written by Malcom Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 14 November 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24651]. Released 20 November 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 17 December 1927, page 24] Eve and Joe are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy clothes of their friends. She overhears him talking of this and breaks with him. Then, with the help of her friend, Mazie, she metamorphoses into a ravishing beauty. Joe is remorseful, but the situation is made more complex when he suspects Eve of questionable relations with her boss. In the end, he discovers she is innocent and that she still loves him.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 April 2009.

References: Slide-Aspects p. 56 : Website-AFI.

 
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