| Women Must Dress | |
| Director: | Reginald Barker |
| Producer: | Dorothy Davenport W. Ray Johnston |
| Starring: | Minna Gombell Gavin Gordon Lenita Lane Suzanne Kaaren Hardie Albright Zeffie Tilbury Paul Ellis Arthur Lake Jon Hall |
| Cinematography: | Milton R. Krasner |
| Editing: | Jack Ogilvie |
| Distributor: | Monogram Pictures |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Women Must Dress is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Minna Gombell and Gavin Gordon. It was produced and co-written by the former silent film actress Dorothy Davenport, who had been working as a producer since the death of her husband Wallace Reid in 1923. The film was a rare leading role for Gombell, and marked the film debut of Jon Hall, albeit under his birth name Charles Locher.[1]
Linda Howard discovers that her husband is having an affair and takes their young adult daughter Janet away to start a new life. Linda becomes a successful fashion designer but begins to re-examine her own life choices when Janet forsakes her successful-but-bland doctor boyfriend for a faster, more loose set of companions.
Production likely began in October, 1934. The cast list included, according to The Hollywood Filmograph, "winners of the Monogram Agfa Amsco contest."[2] Filming took ten days on a budget of around $75,000.[3]
Copyright has lapsed since the original theatrical run of Women Must Dress, and the film is now in public domain.