Petticoat Loose is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Dorinea Shirley, Warwick Ward and Lionelle Howard.^[1] It is based on the 1898 novel of the same title by Eliza Humphreys about a playwright who hypnotises the woman he loves, controlling and ruining her life.^[2]

It was made by Stoll Pictures at the company's Cricklewood Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter W. Murton. Location shooting took place in Cornwall.^[3]

• Dorinea Shirley as Brianna Lynch
• Warwick Ward as Ralmere Clive
• Lionelle Howard as Mickey Croome
• Jack Trevor as Max Lorraine
• Margaret Hope as Ray St. Vincent
• Kate Gurney as Sally Dunne
• Frank Goldsmith as Lord Farlingham
• Madame d'Esterre as Lady Kilmurran
• Sunday Wilshin as Nurse
• Colin Bell as Maid

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Palmer, Scott. British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland, 1988.
• Hunter, I.Q., Porter, Laraine & Smith, Justin. The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History. Taylor & Francis, 2017.

• Petticoat Loose at IMDb

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