Figure 1.-- We note a portrait of Phillipe wearing a button-on sailor suit. We are not sure, however, if this was his regular clothes or a costume. We think that for advertisements or many silent films that the children, unless in a historical costume drama, often wore their own clothes. This could have been a film costume. He looks too young for his wonderful appearance in 'Peter Pan' (1924). Or it could be an outfit that a family in comfortable circumstnces would have chosen for a boy his age.

We are not sure how Philippe was dressed when not in costume. Most of the images we have archived are from his film roles. So we are not sure how he was dressed normally. We suspect that his clothes in films with contemprary settings were similar to how he was dressed, but we are not entirely sure. At the time in the 1920s, knickers were more popular with American school-age boys than short pants. And in his film roles he seems to have worn short pants more than knickers. This seems to have been more common among well-to-do families. We note a portrait of Phillipe wearing a button-on sailor suit. We are not sure, however, if this was his regular clothes or a costume. We think that for advertisements or many silent films that the children, unless in a historical costume drama, often wore their own clothes. And Philippe began his theatrical career at a very young age. This could have been a film costume. He looks too young for his wonderful appearance in 'Peter Pan' (1924). Or it could be an outfit that a family in comfortable circumstnces would have chosen for a boy his age.

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