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The Wrong Mr. Wright

The Wrong Mr. Wright

A hilarious mixup in the corset and ladies' lingerie business, making a most thrilling and funny picture.

Genres

Comedy

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Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he goes to Atlantic City to meet his lost sweetheart, he discovers she has grown fat and ugly, so he pretends to be "Mr. Wright". All kinds of comic hilarity ensue. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

27 February 1927

Country

United States of America

Cast

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

Seymour White

Enid Bennett

Enid Bennett

Henrietta

Dorothy Devore

Dorothy Devore

Teddy

Walter Hiers

Walter Hiers

Bond

Jay Belasco

Jay Belasco

Mathilde Comont

Mathilde Comont

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Trayguard

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Wright

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