Blondes by Choice
{{short description|1927 film by Hampton Del Ruth}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| image = File:Blondes by Choice.jpg
| director = Hampton Del Ruth
| screenplay = Josephine Quirk
Paul Perez
| starring = Claire Windsor
| cinematography = Ray June
| editing = Edith Wakeling
| studio = Gotham Productions
| distributor = Lumas Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1927|10|01}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Blondes by Choice is an American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Claire Windsor. The script was written by Josephine Quirk and Paul Perez.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&q=%22blondes+by+choice%22+film&pg=PA69|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States|last=Institute|first=American Film|date=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520209695|language=en}}
Plot
When a man named Cliff's car breaks down, he is towed into the nearest town by a female motorist. It turns out the woman is named Bonnie, and she is the owner of a soon-to-be-opening beauty parlor that has riled up the town.
When she bleaches her hair to stimulate business, a local women's group comes to protest, but she orders them out. But then Cliff's wealthy mother brings Bonnie to a yacht party as her guest of honor, and the local women change their tune and decide to patronize her business; soon she pays off her mortgage and is proposed to by Cliff.
Starring
- Claire Windsor as Bonnie Clinton
- Allan Simpson as Cliff Bennett
- Walter Hiers as Horace Rush
- Bodil Rosing as Caroline Bennett
- Bess Flowers as Olga Flint
- Lee Willard as Benjamin Flint
- Mai Wells as Miss Terwilliger
Release
The film was well received by critics; The Casper Star-Tribune, for example, called it a "fast-moving and amusing affair," noting its expert direction.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/347794713/?terms=%22blondes+by+choice%22+claire+windsor|title=17 May 1928, 6 - Casper Star-Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2019}} A reviewer for The Hartford Courant lauded it for its "genuinely hilarious" humor, "high-caliber" cast, and snappy pace.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/368995244/?terms=%22blondes+by+choice%22+claire+windsor|title=11 Mar 1928, 48 - Hartford Courant at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2019}}