Short Skirts

Short Skirts
Directed by	Harry B. Harris
Written by	Doris Schroeder
Based on	What Can You Expect by Alice L. Tildesley
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Gladys Walton Ena Gregory Jack Mower
Cinematography	Earl M. Ellis
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 1921 (1921-07)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Short Skirts is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, Ena Gregory and Jack Mower. ^[1]

Cast

• Gladys Walton as Natalie Smith
• Ena Gregory as Stella
• Jack Mower as Lance Christie
• Jean Hathaway as Mrs. Shirley Smith
• Scotty MacGregor as Spike Masters
• Edward Martindel as Wallace Brewster
• Harold Miller as Billy Gregg
• William Welsh as Woodward Christie
• Howard Ralston as Douglas Smith

Censorship

Before Short Skirts could be released in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of two scenes and an intertitle. The scenes removed were of a woman taking papers from a safe in reel 4 was removed, and a man putting his arm around a woman with the accompanying intertitle "When people change their minds, they usually have to pay." ^[2]

References

1. Goble p.461
2. "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved August 9, 2025.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Short Skirts at IMDb