After forming his own studio in 1925, Cecil B. DeMille produced this exuberant blend of orientalist melodrama and gender-bending comedy featuring his THE TEN COMMANDMENTS leading lady Leatrice Joy. An over-protective sea captain forces his daughter Eve to pass as a boy. But she craves romance and sets her sights on a handsome American tourist (Boyd) who still thinks she's a boy when she shanghais him aboard her father's ship; then a lustful Chinese pirate (Walter Long) takes them prisoner. Joy, an appealing comedienne whose career nosedived when talkies came in, sparkles in both her tomboy and love-hungry phases. -Martin Rubin, Gene Siskel Film Center
Title | Eve's Leaves |
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Year | 1926 |
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Cast | Leatrice Joy, William Boyd, Robert Edeson, Walter Long, Eddie Harris, Richard Carle |
Crew | Paul Sloane (Director), Harry Chapman Ford (Theatre Play), Elmer Harris (Story), Jack Jevne (Adaptation) |
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Release | Jan 10, 1926 |
Runtime | 75 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 1 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
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