Paint and Powder is a surviving 1925 American silentdrama film produced and released by the Chadwick Pictures. 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.[1][2]
As described in a film magazine review,[3] a waiter in a cheap cabaret loves the premier dancer of the place, and when a noted theatrical producer visits the cabaret, the waiter by deft manipulation obtains his wallet. He dresses the young woman up and tries to put her on Broadway. Later the waiter is sent up the river. When he is released, he finds the young woman married and successful. He is heartbroken but does not try to win her back.
^The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
^Progressive Silent Film List: Paint and Powder at silentera.com
^"New Pictures: Paint and Powder", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 23 (06): 57–58, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 1, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Paint and Powder
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