Women Must Dress is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Minna Gombell and Gavin Gordon. It was produced and co-written by the former silent film actress Dorothy Davenport, who had been working as a producer since the death of her husband Wallace Reid in 1923. The film was a rare leading role for Gombell, and marked the film debut of Jon Hall, albeit under his birth name Charles Locher.[1]

Women Must Dress
Directed byReginald Barker
Written byDorothy Davenport
Edmund Joseph
Frank Farnsworth
Produced byDorothy Davenport
W. Ray Johnston
StarringMinna Gombell
Gavin Gordon
Lenita Lane
Suzanne Kaaren
Hardie Albright
Zeffie Tilbury
Paul Ellis
Arthur Lake
Jon Hall
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byJack Ogilvie
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Linda Howard discovers that her husband is having an affair and takes their young adult daughter Janet away to start a new life. Linda becomes a successful fashion designer but begins to re-examine her own life choices when Janet forsakes her successful-but-bland doctor boyfriend for a faster, more loose set of companions.

Production

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Production likely began in October, 1934. The cast list included, according to The Hollywood Filmograph, "winners of the Monogram Agfa Amsco contest."[2] Filming took ten days on a budget of around $75,000.[3]

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Copyright has lapsed since the original theatrical run of Women Must Dress, and the film is now in public domain.

References

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  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (April 9, 2022). "The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall". Filmiink.
  2. ^ Forde, Arthur. "Seen and Heard: Mrs. Dorothy Reid Supervises." The Hollywood Filmograph. 4 August 1934. page 2. Accessed 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ Hills, Beverly. "Fun, Footwork, Finery." .Liberty: A Weekly for Everybody. 5 January 1935. page 43. Accessed 11 February 2021.
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