Do Clothes Make the Woman?

Series

Series Name

Around The Town

Issue

Issue No.

116

Date Released

16 Feb 1922

Length of issue (in feet)

750

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Through Life’s Windows: Series Three
2. 2A few moments with Douglas Chandor the young artist
3. 3Do Clothes Make the Woman?
4. 4An interview with a lightning sculptor "ISSY QUICK"
5. 5A Charming Little Dance by Edna Maude "The Spirit of the Dance"
6. 6New Inventions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

Summary - two characters played by Iris Hoey
NoS synopsis: ‘Do Clothes Make the Woman?' intertitle with a cartoon of a mirror and a chair strewn with clothes in the background. ‘Here are two characters recently played by IRIS HOEY, the well-known actress.' A woman in a skirt and shirt with glasses perches on a table and light a cigarette, then blows her nose. Fade to the same woman perched on a chair smoking, but wearing a dress and hat. She is also holding a parasol. She puts up the parasol and smiles whilst twirling it over her shoulder.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   23 February 1922, p53.
The Bioscope   16 February 1922, p10.
Viewing Copy - bfi   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Around the Town Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

53

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