Mademoiselle Modiste (film)

Mademoiselle Modiste
Mademoiselle Modiste
	Film poster
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Adelaide Heilbron (scenario); Ralph Spence (intertitles)
Based on	Mlle. Modiste; by Victor Herbert and Henry Martyn Blossom
Produced by	Corinne Griffith
Starring	Corinne Griffith
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Cyril Gardner
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	March 21, 1926;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Mademoiselle Modiste is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced by and starring Corinne Griffith and distributed by First National Pictures. Robert Z. Leonard directed Griffith in a story based on a popular 1905 Victor Herbert operetta on Broadway, Mlle. Modiste,^[1] with a libretto by Henry Martyn Blossom, which was similar to the MGM film The Merry Widow. It is now considered a lost film.^[2]^[3]

The story was refilmed in 1931 as the talkie Kiss Me Again.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[6] Hiram Bent, impressed with the sales ability of Fifi, opens a fashionable establishment, and exploits her beauty and capabilities to advantage. Cavalry officer Etienne, her fiancé, is shocked by the seeming lack of modesty of Fifi, who is now known as Mademoiselle Modiste, becomes disillusioned and leaves her. Disheartened, Fifi asks Hiram to take her to Deauville, where she meets Etienne. Enraged with jealousy, Etienne challenges Hiram to a duel. Fifi says that Hiram is her husband, but the truth is later revealed. Etienne proposes and Fifi accepts.

Cast

Corinne Griffith as Fifi
Norman Kerry as Etienne
Willard Louis as Hiram Bent
Dorothy Cumming as Marianne
Rose Dione as Madame Claire
Peggy Blake (Undetermined Role)

References

^ "Mlle. Modiste produced as operetta on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre, beginning December 25, 1905; IBDb.com". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Progressive Silent Film List: Mademoiselle Modiste Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at silentera.com
^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Survival Catalog: Mademoiselle Modiste". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
^ Mademoiselle Modiste on Arne Andersen's Lost Films Files: First National Pictures Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Simmons, Michael L. (May 1, 1926). "Box Office Review: Mlle. Modiste". Exhibitors Daily Review. 19 (34). New York City: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 15. Retrieved October 20, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Mlle. Modiste produced as operetta on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre, beginning December 25, 1905; IBDb.com". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

[silentera-2] Progressive Silent Film List: Mademoiselle Modiste Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at silentera.com

[3] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Survival Catalog: Mademoiselle Modiste". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

[4] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[5] Mademoiselle Modiste on Arne Andersen's Lost Films Files: First National Pictures Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Simmons, Michael L. (May 1, 1926). "Box Office Review: Mlle. Modiste". Exhibitors Daily Review. 19 (34). New York City: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 15. Retrieved October 20, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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