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Fig Leaves
(1926) American
Color/B&W : Seven reels / 6498 feet
Directed by Howard Hawks

Cast: George O’Brien [Adam Smith], Olive Borden [Eve Smith], Phyllis Haver [Alice Atkins], André de Beranger (André Beranger) [Josef André], William Austin [André’s assistant], Charles Conklin (Heinie Conklin) [Eddie McSwiggen], Eulalie Jensen [Madame Griswald], Coy Watson Jr.

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton, from a screen story by Howard Hawks. Production supervision by Winfield R. Sheehan. Costume design by Adrian. Assistant director, James Tinling. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph August). Presented by William Fox. / © 3 July 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP22885]. Released 22 August 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequence. / The fashion parade sequence was filmed and originally shown in Technicolor.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Art Deco - Cavemen - Color cinematography - Plumbers

Listing updated: 28 January 2010.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 291; Limbacher-Feature p. 79; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 85; Watson-Keystone p. 309 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.