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The Dressmaker from Paris
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Wikipedia article
'The Dressmaker from Paris' is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by Paul Bern. The story was written by Howard Hawks and Adelaide Heilbron. Heilbron also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Leatrice Joy and was her last film for Paramount Pictures. The film was costume designer Travis Banton's first assignment.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DressmakerFromParis1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Dressmaker from Paris'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3849 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Dressmaker from Paris']
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, an American soldier billeted in Paris meets a student of fashion design. She falls in love with him. Back in America, for the purpose of exhibiting recent fashions, she is brought to the small town in which he manages a department store. Her mannequins accompany her. She surprises him and their romance continues.
Cast
Production
Director Paul Bern has his girlfriend Olive Borden in a small role as one of the models.[http://oliveborden1947.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-dressmaker-from-paris-lost-film.html 'The Dressmaker from Paris' at Olive Borden] This was Leatrice Joy's last silent film for Paramount. Afterwards, she followed Cecil DeMille to his PDC arrangement production company, which released through the Path Exchange company.
Preservation
With no prints of 'The Dressmaker from Paris' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4898/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Dressmaker from Paris'] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html 'The Dressmaker from Paris' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:'Paramount Pictures' 1925]
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