Fig Leaves

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Fig Leaves
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Directed by	Howard Hawks
Written by	Story: Howard Hawks Screenplay: Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	George O'Brien Olive Borden
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Rose Smith
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 22, 1926 (1926-08-22)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Fig Leaves ad in Motion Picture News, 1926

Fig Leaves is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, released by Fox Film Corporation, and starring George O'Brien and Olive Borden.^[1] The film had a sequence, a fashion show, that was filmed in 2-strip Technicolor.^[2]

Plot

A married couple is juxtaposed in the Garden of Eden and in modern New York City. The Garden of Eden humorously depicts Adam (played by George O'Brien) and Eve (played by Olive Borden) awoken by a Flintstones-like coconut alarm clock and Adam reading the morning news on giant stone tablets. In the modern day, the biblical serpent is replaced by Eve's gossiping neighbor and Eve becomes a sexy flapper and fashion model when Adam is at work.

Cast

• George O'Brien as Adam Smith
• Olive Borden as Eve Smith
• Phyllis Haver as Alice Atkins
• George Beranger as Josef André (as André de Beranger)
• William Austin as André's assistant
• Heinie Conklin as Eddie McSwiggen
• Eulalie Jensen as Madame Griswald

Preservation

A print of Fig Leaves survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.^[2]

See also

• List of early color feature films

References

1. Rosenberg, Karen (2011). "New York Times: Fig Leaves". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
2. "Progressive Silent Film List: Fig Leaves". silentera.com. Retrieved July 20, 2008.

External links

• Fig Leaves at IMDb
• Fig Leaves (Technicolor Sequences) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive