Skirts (film)
| Skirts | |
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| Directed by | Hampton Del Ruth |
| Written by | Hampton Del Ruth |
| Produced by | William Fox Henry Lehrman |
| Starring | Clyde Cook Chester Conklin Polly Moran Jack Cooper Billy Armstrong Ethel Teare |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Skirts is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Clyde Cook, Chester Conklin, Polly Moran, Jack Cooper, Billy Armstrong, and Ethel Teare. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on April 10, 1921.[1][2]
Plot
Cast
- Clyde Cook as Peter Rocks Jr.
- Chester Conklin
- Polly Moran
- Jack Cooper
- Billy Armstrong
- Ethel Teare
- Glen Cavender
- Slim Summerville
- Harry McCoy
- Bobby Dunn
- Tom Kennedy
- Edgar Kennedy
- Billy Franey
- Harry Booker
- Alta Allen
- Laura La Varnie
- Alice Davenport
- The Singer Midgets
Censorship
Initially, Skirts was rejected in its entirety by the Kansas Board of Review, but was later passed with cuts. Before its release, the board required the prologue to be shortened, eliminating the scene where a man and woman place a leaf on a body "suggestively."[3]
Preservation
With no holdings located in archives, the film is now considered lost.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Skirts". afi.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ "Skirts". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
- ^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Skirts". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2025.