Clothes Make the Pirate
- November 29, 1925 (1925-11-29)
Clothes Make the Pirate is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Leon Errol and Dorothy Gish. The film was written by Marion Fairfax from the novel of the same name by Holman Francis Day.[1]
Plot
Tremble-at-Evil Tidd is a disgruntled 18th-century Bostonian wishes that he was a pirate. He dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken for the real pirate, Dixie Bull whom Tidd, of course, bumps into later. Tidd "slays" the villain and puts his foot upon the pirate's head. This is more than enough and he heads back home to his unappreciated wife.
Cast
- Leon Errol as Tremble-at-Evil Tidd
- Dorothy Gish as Betsy Tidd
- Nita Naldi as Madame De La Tour
- George F. Marion as Jennison
- Tully Marshall as Scute
- Frank Lawlor as Crabb
- Edna Murphy as Nancy Downs
- James Rennie as Lieutenant Cavendish
- Walter Law as Dixie Bull
- Reginald Barlow as Captain Montague
Reception
Contemporary reviewers of the time claimed Errol was miscast, perhaps for the comedic cowardice of the part. Variety gave the film a poor review, stating that the children would like it. However other reviews, such as that in the Los Angeles Times of January 10, 1926 gave the film, as a satire, generally good reviews. However, the camera work of Cronjager was critically acclaimed.[2]
Preservation
With no prints of Clothes Make the Pirate located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film. A one minute trailer, however, does survive.
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Clothes Make the Pirate at silentera.com
- ^ "Moviegrams". The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin). December 4, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved September 10, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Clothes Make the Pirate
External links
- Clothes Make the Pirate at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Movie trailer (1:08) at Internet Archive
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