Mademoiselle Modiste (film)

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Mademoiselle Modiste
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Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written byAdelaide Heilbron (scenario)
Ralph Spence (intertitles)
Based on Mlle. Modiste
by Victor Herbert and Henry Martyn Blossom
Produced by Corinne Griffith
StarringCorinne Griffith
Cinematography George Barnes
Edited by Cyril Gardner
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 1926 (1926-03-21)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Mademoiselle Modiste is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced by and starring Corinne Griffith and distributed by First National Pictures. Robert Z. Leonard directed Griffith in a story based on a popular 1905 Victor Herbert operetta on Broadway, Mlle. Modiste , [1] with a libretto by Henry Martyn Blossom, which was similar to the MGM film The Merry Widow . It is now considered a lost film. [2] [3]

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The story was refilmed in 1931 as the talkie Kiss Me Again . [2] [4] [5]

Plot

As described in a film magazine, [6] Hiram Bent, impressed with the sales ability of Fifi, opens a fashionable establishment, and exploits her beauty and capabilities to advantage. Cavalry officer Etienne, her fiancé, is shocked by the seeming lack of modesty of Fifi, who is now known as Mademoiselle Modiste, becomes disillusioned and leaves her. Disheartened, Fifi asks Hiram to take her to Deauville, where she meets Etienne. Enraged with jealousy, Etienne challenges Hiram to a duel. Fifi says that Hiram is her husband, but the truth is later revealed. Etienne proposes and Fifi accepts.

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References

  1. "Mlle. Modiste produced as operetta on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre, beginning December 25, 1905; IBDb.com". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: Mademoiselle Modiste Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at silentera.com
  3. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Survival Catalog: Mademoiselle Modiste". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  4. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  5. Mademoiselle Modiste on Arne Andersen's Lost Films Files: First National Pictures Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Simmons, Michael L. (May 1, 1926). "Box Office Review: Mlle. Modiste". Exhibitors Daily Review. 19 (34). New York City: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 15. Retrieved October 20, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .