Fig Leaves
| Fig Leaves | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Written by | Story: Howard Hawks Screenplay: Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | George O'Brien Olive Borden |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | Rose Smith |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Fig Leaves is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, released by Fox Film Corporation, and starring George O'Brien and Olive Borden.[1] The film had a sequence, a fashion show, filmed in Technicolor. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.[2]
Plot
A married couple is juxtaposed in the Garden of Eden and in modern New York City. The Garden of Eden humorously depicts Adam George O'Brien and Eve Olive Borden awoken by a Flintstones-like coconut alarm clock and Adam reading the morning news on giant stone tablets. In the modern day, the biblical serpent is replaced by Eve's gossiping neighbor and Eve becomes a sexy flapper and fashion model when Adam is at work.
Cast
- George O'Brien as Adam Smith
- Olive Borden as Eve Smith
- Phyllis Haver as Alice Atkins
- George Beranger as Josef André (as André de Beranger)
- William Austin as André's assistant
- Heinie Conklin as Eddie McSwiggen
- Eulalie Jensen as Madame Griswald
See also
References
- ^ Rosenberg, Karen. "New York Times: Fig Leaves". NY Times. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Fig Leaves". Silent Era. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
External links
- Fig Leaves at IMDb
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