Women Must Dress

Women Must Dress is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Minna Gombell and Gavin Gordon. It was produced and co-written by the former silent film actress Dorothy Davenport, who had been working as a producer since the death of her husband Wallace Reid in 1923. The film was a rare leading role for Gombell, and marked the film debut of Jon Hall, albeit under his birth name Charles Locher.^[1]

Women Must Dress
Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	Dorothy Davenport Edmund Joseph Frank Farnsworth
Produced by	Dorothy Davenport W. Ray Johnston
Starring	Minna Gombell Gavin Gordon Lenita Lane Suzanne Kaaren Hardie Albright Zeffie Tilbury Paul Ellis Arthur Lake Jon Hall
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Linda Howard discovers that her husband is having an affair and takes their young adult daughter Janet away to start a new life. Linda becomes a successful fashion designer but begins to re-examine her own life choices when Janet forsakes her successful-but-bland doctor boyfriend for a faster, more loose set of companions.

Production

Production likely began in October, 1934. The cast list included, according to The Hollywood Filmograph, "winners of the Monogram Agfa Amsco contest."^[2] Filming took ten days on a budget of around $75,000.^[3]

Copyright

Copyright has lapsed since the original theatrical run of Women Must Dress, and the film is now in public domain.