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Civilian Clothes (1920)

Civilian Clothes poster
Directed by
Hugh Ford
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns from war and tries to adjust to civilian life. He gets tangled up in romantic misunderstandings and social comedy.

lightheartedbreezyplayfulromanticgentletheatricalnostalgiccomic

What happens

Civilian Clothes is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Thomas Meighan and was directed by Hugh Ford. This film is based on the 1919 Broadway play, Civilian Clothes, by Thompson Buchanan. Thurston Hall played Meighan's part in the play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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