The Dressmaker from Paris

The Dressmaker from Paris
Film poster
Directed by	Paul Bern
Screenplay by	Adelaide Heilbron
Story by	Howard Hawks Adelaide Heilbron
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Leatrice Joy
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 30, 1925 (1925-03-30) (U.S.)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Dressmaker from Paris is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by Paul Bern. The story was written by Howard Hawks and Adelaide Heilbron. Heilbron also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Leatrice Joy and was her last film for Paramount Pictures. The film was costume designer Travis Banton's first assignment.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] an American soldier billeted in Paris meets a student of fashion design. She falls in love with him. Back in America, for the purpose of exhibiting recent fashions, she is brought to the small town in which he manages a department store. Her mannequins accompany her. She surprises him and their romance continues.

Cast

• Leatrice Joy as Fifi
• Ernest Torrence as Angus McGregor
• Allan Forrest as Billy Brent
• Mildred Harris as Joan McGregor
• Lawrence Gray as Allan Stone
• Charles Crockett as Mayor
• Rosemary Cooper as Mayor's Daughter
• Spec O'Donnell as Jim
• Olive Borden as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Majel Coleman as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Yola d'Avril as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Cecille Evans as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Eugenia Gilbert as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Betsy Ann Hisle as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Anastasia Georgina Kissel as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Etta Lee as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Jocelyn Lee as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Sally Long as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Adalyn Mayer as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Christina Montt as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Clara Morris as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Sally Rand as Mannequin (uncredited)
• Dorothy Seastrom as Mannequin (uncredited)

Production

Director Paul Bern has his girlfriend Olive Borden in a small role as one of the models.[4] This was Leatrice Joy's last silent film for Paramount. Afterwards, she followed Cecil DeMille to his PDC arrangement production company, which released through the Pathé Exchange company.

Preservation

With no prints of The Dressmaker from Paris located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Dressmaker from Paris at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Dressmaker from Paris. Archived 2014-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. "New Pictures: The Dressmaker from Paris", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (3): 44, April 11, 1925, retrieved January 9, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. The Dressmaker from Paris at Olive Borden. Archived 2018-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Dressmaker from Paris
6. The Dressmaker from Paris at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:Paramount Pictures 1925

External links

• The Dressmaker from Paris at IMDb