Dressed to Kill (1928 film)

1928 film by Irving Cummings

Dressed to Kill
Lobby card
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Mary Astor
Cinematography	Conrad Wells
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Dressed to Kill is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe. Astor was loaned from Warner Bros., for the film.

Samuel L. Rothafel selected the film for the feature for the first anniversary of the New York City Roxy Theatre.

Plot

The gang of a mob boss grow suspicious of his new girlfriend. She's a beautiful young girl, and they don't believe she would actually associate with the mob and wonder if she's really a police "plant". The mobsters dress nattily to not appear "out of place" in the ritzy neighborhoods prior to a heist.

Cast

Edmund Lowe - Mile-Away Barry
Mary Astor - Jeanne
Ben Bard - Nick
Bob Perry - Ritzy Logan7
Joe Brown - as himself
Tom Dugan - Silky Levine
John Kelly - Biff Simpson
Robert Emmett O'Connor - Detective Gilroy
R. O. Pennell - Professor
Ed Brady - singing waiter
Charles Morton - Jeanne's sweetheart
Harry Dunkinson - uncredited
Florence Wix - dressmaker (uncredited)

Preservation

This is a surviving film at the Museum of Modern Art.

Response

The New York Times review stated - "Edmund Lowe is capital as the well-tailored Barry. Mr. Barry likes a good round of golf on the day following a fruitful burglary. Mary Astor is charming as Jean, and R. O. Pennell makes the most of the "Professor's" rôle.".

References

"New York Times" review March 12, 1928

External links

Dressed to Kill at IMDb
allmovie.com
Dressed to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
Dressed to Kill at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

v t e Films directed by Irving Cummings
Flesh and Blood (1922) Broad Daylight (1922) The Jilt (1922) The Man from Hell's River (1922) Paid Back (1922) Environment (1922) The Drug Traffic (1923) East Side - West Side (1923) Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923) Stolen Secrets (1924) In Every Woman's Life (1924) Riders Up (1924) Fools Highway (1924) The Dancing Cheat (1924) The Rose of Paris (1924) As Man Desires (1925) One Year to Live (1925) Just a Woman (1925) The Desert Flower (1925) Infatuation (1925) The Johnstown Flood (1926) Rustling for Cupid (1926) The Midnight Kiss (1926) The Country Beyond (1926) Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) The Brute (1927) The Port of Missing Girls (1928) Romance of the Underworld (1928) Dressed to Kill (1928) In Old Arizona (1928) Behind That Curtain (1929) Not Quite Decent (1929) Cameo Kirby (1930) On the Level (1930) A Devil with Women (1930) A Holy Terror (1931) The Cisco Kid (1931) Attorney for the Defense (1932) The Night Club Lady (1932) Man Against Woman (1932) Man Hunt (1933) The Woman I Stole (1933) The Mad Game (1933) I Believed in You (1934) Grand Canary (1934) The White Parade (1934) Curly Top (1935) It's a Small World (1935) Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) Girls' Dormitory (1936) White Hunter (1936) Vogues of 1938 (1937) Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937) Little Miss Broadway (1938) Just Around the Corner (1938) Everything Happens at Night (1939) Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Lillian Russell (1940) Down Argentine Way (1940) That Night in Rio (1941) Belle Starr (1941) Louisiana Purchase (1941) My Gal Sal (1942) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) What a Woman! (1943) The Impatient Years (1944) The Dolly Sisters (1945) Double Dynamite (1951)

Films directed by Irving Cummings

Flesh and Blood (1922)
Broad Daylight (1922)
The Jilt (1922)
The Man from Hell's River (1922)
Paid Back (1922)
Environment (1922)
The Drug Traffic (1923)
East Side - West Side (1923)
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)
Stolen Secrets (1924)
In Every Woman's Life (1924)
Riders Up (1924)
Fools Highway (1924)
The Dancing Cheat (1924)
The Rose of Paris (1924)
As Man Desires (1925)
One Year to Live (1925)
Just a Woman (1925)
The Desert Flower (1925)
Infatuation (1925)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
Rustling for Cupid (1926)
The Midnight Kiss (1926)
The Country Beyond (1926)
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)
The Brute (1927)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
Dressed to Kill (1928)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
Cameo Kirby (1930)
On the Level (1930)
A Devil with Women (1930)
A Holy Terror (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
The Night Club Lady (1932)
Man Against Woman (1932)
Man Hunt (1933)
The Woman I Stole (1933)
The Mad Game (1933)
I Believed in You (1934)
Grand Canary (1934)
The White Parade (1934)
Curly Top (1935)
It's a Small World (1935)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
White Hunter (1936)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Lillian Russell (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
That Night in Rio (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
What a Woman! (1943)
The Impatient Years (1944)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Double Dynamite (1951)

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