Fig Leaves (Silent)



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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 15, 2022
- Originally Released: 1926
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | George O'Brien, Olive Borden, George Beranger & Heinie Conklin | |
Directed by | Howard Hawks |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
Fig Leaves is a delightful (and slightly racy) silent comedy from the mind of legendary director Howard Hawks - and the oldest surviving Hawks film in existence, as his first (The Road to Glory, produced earlier the same year) has been lost to time. It's most notable for its extended prologue set in prehistoric times, which features some endearingly wonky special effects and seems to have been an influence on The Flintstones, and the concluding fashion show sequence shot in 2-strip Technicolor, which sadly only survives in black and white. Look closer though and you'll see Hawks' unique take on the war of the sexes that would take full flower in later classics like Bringing Up Baby (1938) and His Girl Friday (1940). Muscular lead George O'Brien was working as a stuntman when he was "discovered" by John Ford and cast as the lead in The Iron Horse (1924). His most highly-regarded film is the F.W. Murnau-directed masterpiece Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), but he is best known for starring in dozens of Westerns in the talkie era. Already a hero from his World War I service, O'Brien re-enlisted during World War II and was decorated several times for bravery. Less recognized is his lovely costar (and onetime fiancée) Olive Borden, a former Sennett Bathing Beauty who was gaining in popularity at the time of Fig Leaves' release. However, the following year Borden walked out on Fox after refusing to accept a studio-wide pay cut. Now saddled with a temperamental reputation, Olive drifted into low-budget films like the notorious Chloe, Love is Calling You (1934) and finally, Hollywood's version of Skid Row. Tragically, she died in the women's shelter where she lived and worked at the age of 41 in 1947.
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- UPC: 089218847690
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