Fig Leaves (1926)

My goodness, two 1926 films in a row, although the above movie was pure serendipity.  One finds what one hopes will be gems in the least likely places.  There is something going on at the moment at the ICA and two other venues called the Fashion Film Festival which on the face of it is unlikely to attract me.  That is until we noticed that they were showing the above obscurity which is actually the second film to be directed by classic director Howard Hawks.  Fig Leaves you see were the "fashion" in primaeval times!  Well all I can say is that his craft improved between this movie and such standards as "Bringing Up Baby" and "Rio Bravo".  Actually it started extremely well with an amusing pastiche of "Adam" and "Eve" surrounded by phony-looking dinosaurs and puppety snakes -- kind of like a biblical Flintstones -- and even then Eve was complaining that she had nothing to wear.  It then switched to a present-day (i.e. 1920s) Adam and Eve where the "snake" became their next door neighbour and Eve was still obsessed with fashion.  That's where it got really, really boring with endless fashion shows and stupid action.  Mind you, the fashionistas in the audience seemed to be enjoying it hugely.  As for yours truly, while I was pleased to discover a film that I had not previously heard of, it didn't turn out to be one worth watching a second time.