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]
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