Fancy Dress (1919 film)

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Fancy Dress
Directed by Kenelm Foss
Written byKenelm Foss
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company
Lucky Cat Films
Distributed by Ideal Films
Release date
September 1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Fancy Dress is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke and Guy Newall. [1] A lawyer hires a strolling player to impersonate an aristocrat.

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  1. Low p.147

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