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French Dressing (1927 film)

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French Dressing
Lobby Card for the film
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byJ. L. Campbell(scenario)
Pauline Forney(continuity
Based onstory by Adelaide Heilbron
Produced byAllan Dwan
Robert Kane
StarringH.B. Warner
Clive Brook
Lois Wilson
Lilyan Tashman
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byTerrell Morse (aka Terry O. Morse)
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • December 10, 1927 (1927-12-10)
(NY premiere
Running time
6344 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

French Dressing is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring H. B. Warner. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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Cast

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Uncredited

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Wilson in a publicity photo for the film
Wilson in a publicity photo for the film

Production

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In their October 1927 edition, Photoplay magazine reported that Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon were originally set to star.[3] It is unknown why they were replaced.

Preservation

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With no prints of French Dressing located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: French Dressing at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: French Dressing
  3. ^ "Advertising Section". Photoplay Magazine. October 1927. p. 61.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: French Dressing
  5. ^ French Dressing at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: lost First National films - 1927 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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