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Silk Legs
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5446 feet
Directed by Arthur Rosson

Cast: Madge Bellamy [Ruth Stevens], James Hall [Phil Barker], Joseph Cawthorn [Ezra Fulton], Maude Fulton [Mary McGuire], Margaret Seddon [Mrs. Fulton], Albert Ballin [extra]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Frances Agnew, from a screen story by Frederica Sagor. Production supervision by William Conselman. Assistant director, S. Hanberry. Cinematography by Rudolph Bergquist. Intertitles written by Delos Sutherland. Presented by William Fox. / © 7 December 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24731]. Released 18 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The story was subsequently filmed as Piernas de seda (1935). / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 1929, (14):150] Sales agents for rival hosiery concerns try to land an order, the boy for a while succeeding and putting on an exhibition. The girl, however, makes the mannequins use her own brand of hose, flirts with the buyer and wins order away from her rival. They then hear of the consolidation of their firms and themselves consolidate — in marriage.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 27, 33, 274; Schuchman-Hollywood p. 27; Sweeney-Coming p. 122 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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