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            The Casting Couch 
            (1924) United States of America 
            B&W : One reel 
            Directed by (unknown)
            Cast: (unknown) 
            Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film uses dissolves to show lapses in time. An ad clipping seen in the film references “Kalem Studios”; this may have been a legitimate ad clipped from an old paper. 
            Erotica. 
            Synopsis: A woman inquires at a casting director’s office. He requests that she get dressed in a bathing suit. She does so and he peers at her through the keyhole. He comes into the dressing room under the pretense of looking for the bathing suit. They have a squabble about his advances and he leaves. She reads a pamphlet entitled “How to Become a Movie Star” then changes her mind. 
            Survival status: Print exists. 
            Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. 
            Keywords: Actresses: Film - Books - Casting directors - Classified ads - Condoms - Dressing rooms - Newspapers - Scissors 
            Listing updated: 20 August 2018. 
            References: Film viewing. 
            
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