Clothes Make the Pirate

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Clothes Make the Pirate is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur. It stars Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, and Tully Marshall. The movie is based on a novel by Holman Francis Day, with a screenplay by Marion Fairfax. It was produced by Sam E. Rork Productions and distributed by First National Pictures, running about 90 minutes. It was released on November 29, 1925.

Plot
In 18th-century Boston, a grumpy man named Tremble-at-Evil Tidd wishes he were a pirate. He wears pirate clothes and acts the part, and people mistake him for the real pirate, Dixie Bull. He even ends up facing the real Dixie Bull and defeats him, then returns home to his unappreciative wife.

Reception
Reviews were mixed. Some critics felt Errol was miscast for the role. Variety gave a poor review, suggesting the film would mainly appeal to children. The Los Angeles Times (January 10, 1926) offered generally positive notes about the satire and praised the camera work by Cronjager.

Preservation
No known copies exist in film archives, so Clothes Make the Pirate is considered a lost film. A one-minute trailer still survives.