Clothes (1920)
Mistakenly believing that she has inherited a large estate from her father, Olivia Sherwood spends money wantonly. In reality, her funds are supplied by unscrupulous attorney Arnold West, whose ulterior motive is to possess her. When she falls in love with wealthy Richard Burbank, West becomes enraged. At a party, West confronts Olivia with the truth and threatens to expose her unless she marries him. Olivia frantically attempts to escape his advances and as West pursues her, he falls down the stairs and breaks his neck. Burbank overhears the entire confrontation and forgives Olivia, and they marry.
- Date of release
- 1920-09-19
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Fred Sittenham
Casting
- Olive Tell — Olivia Sherwood
- Crauford Kent — Richard Burbank
- Cyril Chadwick — Arnold West
- Zeffie Tilbury — Mrs. Cathcart
- Frank Currier — Horace Watling
- Rae Allen — Mrs. Watling
- Mary Beaton — Miss Mazie
Interesting facts
Clothes is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Sittenham and produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures company. It is based on a 1906 Broadway play, Clothes, by Channing Pollock and Avery Hopwood. The play starred Grace George with a young supporting player named Douglas Fairbanks. A 1914 silent film was produced and is now lost. This 1920 version from Metro starred Olive Tell. By all accounts this version is lost as well.
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