The ultimate catfish: corset edition. He invented lingerie, then invented a whole new identity to escape it.
Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he goes to Atlantic City to meet his lost sweetheart, he discovers she has grown fat and ugly, so he pretends to be "Mr. Wright". All kinds of comic hilarity ensue. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
Practical Effects
Actual 1920s lingerie props now lost to time forever.
Costume
Atlantic City beachwear that screams 'we had no SPF'.
Director
Scott Sidney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'fat suit comedy' from an era before the Production Code cleaned up Hollywood's messier impulses.
Jean Hersholt later became beloved as Dr. Christian in radio—imagine going from corset creeper to America's grandpa.
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