# Bare Knees > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bare_Knees > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bare_Knees.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_Knees > Source revision: 1339483102 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1928 film Bare Knees Directed by Erle C. Kenton Written by Harold Shumate (adaptation) Casey Robinson (intertitles) Story by Adele Buffington Produced by Sam Sax Harold Shumate Starring Virginia Lee Corbin Cinematography James Diamond Edited by W. Donn Hayes Production company Gotham Pictures Distributed by Lumas Film Corporation Release date February 1, 1928 (1928-02-01) Running time 61 minutes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***Bare Knees*** is a 1928 American [silent](/source/Silent_film) [comedy drama film](/source/Comedy_drama_film) directed by [Erle C. Kenton](/source/Erle_C._Kenton) and starring [Virginia Lee Corbin](/source/Virginia_Lee_Corbin).[1][2] ## 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](/source/Flapper)" accoutrements. ## Cast - [Virginia Lee Corbin](/source/Virginia_Lee_Corbin) as Billie Durey - [Donald Keith](/source/Donald_Keith_(actor)) as Larry Cook - [Jane Winton](/source/Jane_Winton) as Jane Longworth - [Johnnie Walker](/source/Johnnie_Walker_(actor_born_1894)) a Paul Gladden - [Forrest Stanley](/source/Forrest_Stanley) as John Longworth - [Maude Fulton](/source/Maude_Fulton) as Bessie - [Ernie Adams](/source/Ernie_Adams_(actor)) as Clerk (uncredited) - William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited) - [Ellinor Vanderveer](/source/Ellinor_Vanderveer) as Society Woman (uncredited) ## Preservation A print of *Bare Knees* is in the collection of the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress).[3] The film is available on DVD (along with the 1928 Hairbreadth Harry comedy *Danger Ahead*) from Grapevine Video, transferred from this 35mm [nitrate](/source/Nitrate) print.[4][5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Progressive Silent Film List: *Bare Knees*](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BareKnees1928.html) at silentera.com 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: Bare Knees"](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2720-BARE-KNEES). *catalog.afi.com*. Retrieved September 5, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bare Knees"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240220162758/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1655/). *memory.loc.gov*. Archived from [the original](https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1655/) on February 20, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Bare Knees* at Grapevine Video](http://www.oldies.com/product-view/0905ED.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Bare Knees* at Amazon.com](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) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Bare Knees](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bare_Knees). - [*Bare Knees*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018673/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Bare Knees*, Moviessilently.com](http://moviessilently.com/2013/02/02/bare-knees-1928-a-silent-film-review/) - [Restored lobby poster](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3570/5694051833_7a455d07cc_z.jpg) v t e Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) Down on the Farm (1920) Love, Honor and Behave (1920) A Small Town Idol (1921) A Fool and His Money (1925) The Danger Signal (1925) Red Hot Tires (1925) The Love Toy (1926) Other Women's Husbands (1926) The Sap (1926) The Palm Beach Girl (1926) The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) The Girl in the Pullman (1927) Bare Knees (1928) Name the Woman (1928) Nothing to Wear (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Golf Widows (1928) The Street of Illusion (1928) The Sideshow (1928) The Sporting Age (1928) Trial Marriage (1929) Father and Son (1929) Song of Love (1929) Mexicali Rose (1929) A Royal Romance (1930) X Marks the Spot (1931) Left Over Ladies (1931) The Last Parade (1931) Guilty as Hell (1932) Island of Lost Souls (1932) From Hell to Heaven (1933) Disgraced! (1933) Big Executive (1933) Search for Beauty (1934) You're Telling Me! (1934) Party Wire (1935) The Best Man Wins (1935) The Public Menace (1935) Devil's Squadron (1936) Counterfeit (1936) She Asked for It (1937) The Devil's Playground (1937) Little Tough Guys in Society (1938) The Lady Objects (1938) Everything's on Ice (1939) Escape to Paradise (1939) Remedy for Riches (1940) Petticoat Politics (1941) Melody for Three (1941) Naval Academy (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Flying Cadets (1941) North to the Klondike (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Frisco Lil (1942) Pardon My Sarong (1942) Who Done It? (1942) It Ain't Hay (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) She Gets Her Man (1945) House of Dracula (1945) The Cat Creeps (1946) Little Miss Big (1946) Bob and Sally (1948) One Too Many (1951) Secrets of Beauty (1951) This article about a silent comedy-drama film is a stub. 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