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Borrowed Clothes; or, Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds (1909)

Borrowed Clothes; or, Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds poster
Directed by
Van Dyke Brooke
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film about a person who wears borrowed fine clothes to appear wealthy or important. The story follows the social consequences of this disguise.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfuldatedsimplegentlefast-pacedsilent

What happens

Borrowed Clothes; or, Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 interpretato e diretto da Van Dyke Brooke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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