Evening Clothes
| Evening Clothes | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Luther Reed |
| Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky B. P. Schulberg (associate producer) |
| Written by |
Yves Mirande (play) John McDermott (scenario) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Based on |
The Man in Evening Clothes by Andre Picard |
| Starring | Louise Brooks |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time |
7 reels (6,287 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film (English intertitles) |
Evening Clothes (1927) is a silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount.
Production background
The film is based on the play L'homme en habit (The Man in Evening Clothes) by Andre Picard and Yves Mirande. Directed by Luther Reed, the film starred Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Valli, Louise Brooks and is currently considered a lost film.[1][2][3]
As part of Paramount's production of multiple-language versions, two remakes were made in 1931 at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A Spanish-language film A Gentleman in Tails and a French-language film The Man in Evening Clothes.
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou - Lucien D'Artois
- Virginia Valli - Germaine
- Noah Beery - Lazarre
- Louise Brooks - "Fox Trot"
- Arnold Kent - Henri (billed as Lido Manetti)
- André Cheron - Germaine's father
References
- ↑ Evening Clothes at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ↑ The Man in Evening Clothes(upon which the film is based) as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre December 5, 1924; 11 performances; IBDb.com
External links
- Evening Clothes at the Internet Movie Database
- Evening Clothes synopsis at AllMovie
- foreign release poster of Evening Clothes
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