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Evening Clothes
Director:
Luther Reed
(Dir)
Release Date:
19 Mar 1927
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 16 Mar 1927
Duration (in feet):
6,287
Duration (in reels):
7
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Cast:
Adolphe Menjou
(Lucien D'Artois)
Virginia Valli
(Germaine)
Noah Beery
(Lazarre)
Louise Brooks
(Fox Trot)
Lido Manetti
(Henri)
André Cheron
(Germaine's father)
Summary:
Lucien D'Artois, a wealthy French farmer fond of raising horses, is married to Germaine, according to the terms of a marriage contract. When she finds his rustic interests unbearable, she leaves him. Determined to become a polished Parisian, Lucien goes to the city and assiduously studies fencing and dancing but is unable to gain her favor. He embarks on a life of frivolity and free spending and to demonstrate his powers with women deliberately steals Fox Trot, a nightclub girl, from Lazarre. When his fortune is depleted, his entire possessions are confiscated with the exception of a suit of evening clothes. Living by his wits, Lucien imagines himself still a popular and wealthy count, and returning to his bare flat, he finds his wife returned to him.
Production Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures
Director:
Luther Reed
(Dir)
Producer:
Adolph Zukor
(Pres)
Jesse L. Lasky
(Pres)
B. P. Schulberg
(Assoc prod)
Writer:
John McDermott
(Scr)
George Marion Jr.
(Titles)
Photography:
Hal Rosson
(Dir of photog)
Film Editor:
Eda Warren
(Film ed)
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the play
L'homme en habit
by Yves Mirande and André Picard (Paris, 25 Mar 1920).
Authors:
Yves Mirande
André Picard
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
19/3/1927
dd/mm/yyyy
LP23777
Physical Properties:
Si:
b&w:
Genre:
Comedy
Sub-Genre:
Society
Subjects (Major):
Dancers
Farmers
Fencing and fencers
France
Marriage
Nobility
Paris (France)
Poverty
Note:
The Man in Evening Clothes
, an English-language version of the play
Un homme en habit
, translated by Ruth Chatterton, had a brief Broadway run beginning on 5 Dec 1924. Paramount produced two sound and dialogue versions of this film, both produced at the Paramount studios in Joinville, France. A Spanish-language version,
Un caballero de frac
, was directed by Roger Capellani and Carlos San Martín and starred Roberto Rey and Gloria Guzmán (see entry above). A French-language version,
Un home de habit
, was directed by René Guissart and Robert Bossis, and starred Fernand Gravey and Suzy Vernon. Only the Spanish-language film was released in the U.S.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Film Daily
3 Apr 1927.
New York Times
21 Mar 1927
p. 10.
Variety
23 Mar 1927
p. 15.
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