A Little Bit of Fluff
Also known as Saias in Brazil; Sikke en Nat in Denmark; Le mari déchaîné in France; Der Draufgänger in Germany; Saias in Portugal; Kjoltyg in Sweden; Skirts in the USA
(1928) England
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Jess Robbins and Wheeler Dryden
Cast: Sydney Chaplin [Bertram Tully], Betty Balfour [Mamie Scott], Edmund Breon [John Ayres], Nancy Rigg [Violet Tully], Clifford McLaglen [Henry Hudson], Annie Esmond [Aunt Agatha], Enid Stamp-Taylor [Susie West], Cameron Carr [Fred Carter], Haddon Mason [the wasp], Diana Wilson [Pamela Ayres], Harry McCoy, Dorothy Bartlam
British International Pictures, Limited, production; distributed by Wardour Films, Limited. / Scenario by Jess Robbins, from an adaptation by Wheeler Drysden of the play A Little Bit of Fluff by Walter W. Ellis. Cinematography by René Guissart and George Pocknall. Film editor, Sydney Chaplin. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence and Ben Travers. / Released May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Skirts by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on 26 July 1928. The film was released in Sweden as Kjoltyg on 29 September 1928. The film was released in Germany as Der Draufgänger by Süd-Film Aktiengesellschaft in 1929. The film was released in Denmark as Sikke en Nat on 1 February 1929. The film was released in France on 14 June 1929. The film was released in Finland on 24 June 1929. The film was released in Portugal as Saias on 7 May 1930. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [two-reel abridgement].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 May 2020.
References: Perry-British p. 60i : Website-IMDb.
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