Evening Clothes is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Luther Reed that was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount. Production background The film is based on the 1920 play L'homme en habit (The Man in Evening Clothes) by Andre Picard and Yves Mirande. Directed by Luther Reed, the film starred Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Valli, and Louise Brooks and is currently considered a lost film. As part of Paramount's production of multiple-language versions of its films, two remakes were made in 1931 at the Joinville Studios in Paris, the Spanish-language film A Gentleman in Tails and the French-language film The Man in Evening Clothes. Cast Adolphe Menjou as Lucien D'Artois Virginia Valli as Germaine Noah Beery as Lazarre Louise Brooks as Fox Trot Arnold Kent as Henri (credited as Lido Manetti) André Cheron as Germaine's father Mario Carillo as Undetermined Role (uncredited) Lilyan Tashman as Undetermined Role (uncredited) References External links Foreign release poster of Evening Clothes Stills at silenthollywood.com Still at Louise Brooks Society 1927 films American silent feature films Famous Players-Lasky films American films based on plays Lost American films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Luther Reed 1927 lost films Lost comedy films 1920s American films