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Director
  
Hunt Stromberg

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent

8.4/10
IMDb

Story by
  
Harvey Gates

Country
  
United States

Release date
  
September 16, 1925 (1925-09-16)

Writer
  
Harvey Gates (screenplay), Harvey Gates (story), Fanny Hatton (titles), Frederic Hatton (titles)

Screenplay
  
Harvey Gates, Fanny Hatton, Frederick Hatton

Cast
  
Russell Simpson
(Riley),
Theodore von Eltz
(Jimmy Evarts),
Derelys Perdue
(Mazie Hull),
Charles Murray
(Cabman),
Elaine Hammerstein
(Mary Dolan)

Similar movies
  
The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Thin Man (1934), Naughty Marietta (1935), Smart Alecks (1942), Mr Wise Guy (1942)

Paint and Powder is a surviving 1925 silent film produced and released by the Chadwick Film Company. The director of the film was Hunt Stromberg, later be best known as a producer and one of Louis B. Mayer's right hand men over at MGM. The star of this film is Elaine Hammerstein, sister of the music writer and granddaughter of the theatrical impresario, both named Oscar Hammerstein.

A print of this film is held by the Library of Congress. It is also out on DVD.

Cast

  • Elaine Hammerstein - Mary Dolan
  • Theodore von Eltz - Jimmy Evarts
  • Mrs. Charles Craig - Mrs. Evarts
  • John St. Polis - Mark Kelsey
  • Stuart Holmes - Phillip Andrews
  • Derelys Perdue - Mazie Hull
  • Pat Hartigan - Tim McCardle
  • Russell Simpson - Riley
  • Charles Murray - Cabman
  • unbilled

  • Ernest Belcher - Dancing Master
  • Fred Kelsey - Detective
  • Tom Ricketts - Old Man at Party
  • References

    Paint and Powder Wikipedia
    Paint and Powder IMDb