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Borrowed Finery

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Borrowed Finery
Lobby card
Directed byOscar Apfel
Story byGeorge Bronson Howard
StarringLouise Lorraine
Ward Crane
Lou Tellegen
Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
  • October 1925 (1925-10)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Borrowed Finery is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by Tiffany Pictures, and based on a story by George Bronson Howard. Veteran director and performer Oscar Apfel directed a cast that includes Louise Lorraine, Hedda Hopper, Lou Tellegen, and Ward Crane.[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] a mannequin borrows an evening gown from the firm that employs her and ruins it at a party. Then she resigns her position and falls into the hands of an impostor who claims to be a secret service agent. He demands that she obtain from a wealthy woman some jewels on which he insists no duty was paid. She obeys, and then learns from a genuine secret service operative that she has been duped. Together they trap the impostor and, after he is locked up, they make their wedding plans.

Cast

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Preservation

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This film was considered a lost film.[3][4][5] In late 2016 Czech National Film Archive announced rediscovery of film reels.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Borrowed Finery at silentera.com
  2. ^ "New Pictures: Borrowed Finery", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (7), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51, November 7, 1925, retrieved November 5, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Borrowed Finery at silentera.com
  4. ^ Borrowed Finery, at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Tiffany Studios
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Borrowed Finery
  6. ^ NFA objevil dílo americké kinematografie z roku 1925
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