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Petticoat Loose

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Petticoat Loose
Directed byGeorge Ridgwell
Written bySinclair Hill
Based onPetticoat Loose
by Eliza Humphreys
StarringDorinea Shirley
Warwick Ward
Lionelle Howard
CinematographyJack E. Cox
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • 1922 (1922)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Petticoat Loose is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Dorinea Shirley, Warwick Ward and Lionelle Howard.[1] It is based on the 1898 novel of the same title by Eliza Humphreys about a playwright who hypnotises the woman he loves, controlling and ruining her life.[2]

It was made by Stoll Pictures at the company's Cricklewood Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter W. Murton. Location shooting took place in Cornwall.[3]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Palmer p.880
  2. ^ Goble p.391
  3. ^ Hunter, Porter & Smith p.53

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Palmer, Scott. British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland, 1988.
  • Hunter, I.Q., Porter, Laraine & Smith, Justin. The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
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