The Clinging Vine With The Age of Ballyhoo (1973) on DVD

Actor :              Leatrice Joy; Tom Moore; Robert Edeson; Snitz Edwards; Toby Claude; Dell Henderson

Director:           Paul Sloane
Genre:               Drama
Year:                 1973
Studio:              Warner Bros.
Length:             71 minutes
Released:         08/22/2017
Rating:             NR
Format:            NTSC
Misc:                NTSC
Language:       English
subtitles:         English

DESCRIPTION:

THE CLINGING VINE Cecil B. DeMilles 1926 production of The Clinging Vine is a recent rediscovery and perhaps the ultimate 20s gender-bender. Leatrice Joy plays The Presidents Assistant - known as A.B. - who hired, wired and fired men - but had never kissed one. Based on the 1922 Broadway musical by Zelda Sears, the movie mocks male stereotypes of women while playfully exploring ideas of gender and romantic love in relation to female professionalism. When expert businesswoman A.B. dutifully fires Jimmie Bancroft (Tom Moore), her employers impractical grandson, Jimmie calls her a flat-chested dried prune and refuses to beg for his job back. Insulted, A.B. takes it upon herself to undergo an amazing but comedic transformation into a coy, clinging vine draped in flowing dresses.