Bare Knees

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{infobox film | name = Bare Knees | image = Bare Knees poster.jpg | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | writer = [[Harold Shumate]] (adaptation)<br>[[Casey Robinson]] ([[intertitle]]s) | story = [[Adele Buffington]] | producer = [[Sam Sax]]<br>Harold Shumate | starring = [[Virginia Lee Corbin]] | cinematography = [[James Diamond (cinematographer)|James Diamond]] | editing = [[W. Donn Hayes]] | studio = [[Gotham Pictures]] | distributor = Lumas Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1928|02|01}} | runtime = 61 minutes | country = United States | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) }} '''''Bare Knees''''' is a 1928 American [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy drama film]] directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]] and starring [[Virginia Lee Corbin]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BareKnees1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Bare Knees''] at silentera.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: Bare Knees |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2720-BARE-KNEES |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

==Plot== Billie Durey, the family's black sheep, returns to her small hometown and causes a sensation with her short skirts, cigarettes, and other "[[flapper]]" accoutrements.

==Cast== *[[Virginia Lee Corbin]] as Billie Durey *[[Donald Keith (actor)|Donald Keith]] as Larry Cook *[[Jane Winton]] as Jane Longworth *[[Johnnie Walker (actor born 1894)|Johnnie Walker]] a Paul Gladden *[[Forrest Stanley]] as John Longworth *[[Maude Fulton]] as Bessie *[[Ernie Adams (actor)|Ernie Adams]] as Clerk (uncredited) *William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited) *[[Ellinor Vanderveer]] as Society Woman (uncredited)

==Preservation== A print of ''Bare Knees'' is in the collection of the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bare Knees |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1655/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220162758/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1655/ |archive-date=2024-02-20 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> The film is available on DVD (along with the 1928 Hairbreadth Harry comedy ''Danger Ahead'') from Grapevine Video, transferred from this 35mm [[nitrate]] print.<ref>[http://www.oldies.com/product-view/0905ED.html ''Bare Knees'' at Grapevine Video]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Bare-Knees-Virginia-Lee-Corbin/dp/B002QH59OM/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1379027434&sr=1-1&keywords=Bare+Knees ''Bare Knees'' at Amazon.com]</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Bare Knees}} *{{IMDb title|0018673}} *[http://moviessilently.com/2013/02/02/bare-knees-1928-a-silent-film-review/ ''Bare Knees'', Moviessilently.com] *[http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3570/5694051833_7a455d07cc_z.jpg Restored lobby poster]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bare Knees}} [[Category:1928 films]] [[Category:American silent feature films]] [[Category:Films directed by Erle C. Kenton]] [[Category:1928 comedy-drama films]] [[Category:1928 English-language films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:Films produced by Samuel Sax]] [[Category:Gotham Pictures films]] [[Category:Flappers]] [[Category:1928 American films]] [[Category:American silent comedy-drama films]] [[Category:English-language comedy-drama films]]