Skirts (film)

Skirts
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hampton Del Ruth
Written by	Hampton Del Ruth
Produced by	William Fox Henry Lehrman
Starring	Clyde Cook Chester Conklin Polly Moran Jack Cooper Billy Armstrong Ethel Teare
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	April 10, 1921 (1921-04-10)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Skirts is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Clyde Cook, Chester Conklin, Polly Moran, Jack Cooper, Billy Armstrong, and Ethel Teare. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on April 10, 1921. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Clyde Cook as Peter Rocks Jr.
• Chester Conklin
• Polly Moran
• Jack Cooper
• Billy Armstrong
• Ethel Teare
• Glen Cavender
• Slim Summerville
• Harry McCoy
• Bobby Dunn
• Tom Kennedy
• Edgar Kennedy
• Billy Franey
• Harry Booker
• Alta Allen
• Laura La Varnie
• Alice Davenport
• The Singer Midgets

Censorship

Initially, Skirts was rejected in its entirety by the Kansas Board of Review, but was later passed with cuts. Before its release, the board required the prologue to be shortened, eliminating the scene where a man and woman place a leaf on a body "suggestively." ^[3]

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, the film is now considered lost. ^[4]

See also

• 1937 Fox vault fire

References

1. "Skirts". afi.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
2. "Skirts". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
3. "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
4. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Skirts". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2025.

External links

• Skirts at IMDb