Wet Paint
Boston theater showing the film
Directed byArthur Rosson
Screenplay byLloyd Corrigan
Reggie Morris
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringRaymond Griffith
Helene Costello
Bryant Washburn
Natalie Kingston
Henry Kolker
CinematographyWilliam Marshall
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 3, 1926 (1926-05-03)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Wet Paint is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Raymond Griffith, Helene Costello, Bryant Washburn, Natalie Kingston, and Henry Kolker. Written by Lloyd Corrigan and Reggie Morris, the film was released on May 3, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] a wealthy bachelor proposes to the woman he loves and discovers that she had made a bet that he would do so. He then decides to marry the first young woman he meets. Many exciting incidents and mishaps occur, including meeting an escaped lion and trying to catch a driverless automobile, before he and the woman he loves are reunited for a wedding.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Wet Paint located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ↑ "Movie Review - Wet Paint - The High Hat Comedian, - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wet Paint". afi.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Wet Paint at silentera.com
  4. ↑ "New Pictures: Wet Paint". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co. 25 (01): 90. March 20, 1926. Retrieved April 12, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Wet Paint


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