Silk Hosiery

Silk Hosiery
Silk Hosiery
	Newspaper ad
Directed by	Fred Niblo
Written by	Frank Mitchell Dazey
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	Enid Bennett; Geoffrey Webb
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Charles H. Kyson; Harry Marker
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 26, 1920;
Running time	5 reels (1,388.65 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Silk Hosiery is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett.^[1] A print listed as being in nitrate exists in the Library of Congress and another in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot[]

As summarized in a film publication,^[5] Marjorie Bowen (Bennett) is a model who longs for romance and adventure of the story book variety, but never gets further than displaying gowns at an ultra-fashionable clothing shop. Every customer who comes in is buying a gown for a ball thrown by some Prince. Yvette (Pavis), a French woman, comes to order a gown and brings her fiance Sir Leeds (Webb), who immediately attracts Marjorie's attention, but she loses hope after she hears that he is engaged. Marjorie stays alone in the shop to deliver the gown to Yvette and dresses herself in the costume. Some crook business follows in which Yvette and an idler are implicated. Marjorie gets mixed up in it and ends up kidnapped and in a room with Sir Leeds, who tries to explain what happened. They escape and Marjorie impresses the Prince (Ghent) by recovering a note and piece of jewelry that the Prince had indiscreetly given a New York society woman and which he feared would be used against him. Leeds turns out to be a detective. He asks Marjorie to marry him.

Cast[]

Enid Bennett - Marjorie Bowen
Geoffrey Webb - Sir Derwain Leeds
Marie Pavis - Yvette Fernau
Donald MacDonald - Cadwallader Smith
Derek Ghent - Prince Ferdinandi (as Derrick Ghent)
Otto Hoffman - Van Twiller
Joan Standing - Sophia Black
Verne Winter - Billy Black (as Vern Winters)
Harold Holland - Jim Shanahan
Bonnie Hill - Mollie Milligan
Sylvia Brooks - Mrs. De Windt
Rose Dione - Mme. Louise

References[]

^ Janiss Garza (2011). "New York Times: Silk Hosiery". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress ...by The American Film Institute, c.1978
^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Silk Hosiery
^ "Silk Hosiery: Star is Pleasing But Not the Picture You Usually Get from Her". Film Daily. New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 15 (41): 20. February 13, 1921. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

External links[]

[NY_Times-1] Janiss Garza (2011). "New York Times: Silk Hosiery". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2008.

[2] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress ...by The American Film Institute, c.1978

[3] The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Silk Hosiery

[FilmDaily-5] "Silk Hosiery: Star is Pleasing But Not the Picture You Usually Get from Her". Film Daily. New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 15 (41): 20. February 13, 1921. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

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