Comedy · United States of America · 1927 · 1h 10m

The Wrong Mr. Wright

The Wrong Mr. Wright poster
Director
Scott Sidney
Cast
Jean Hersholt as Seymour White Enid Bennett as Henrietta Dorothy Devore as Teddy Walter Hiers as Bond Jay Belasco as Mathilde Comont as
Crew
George Robinson — Director of Photography
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
new jerseydetectivelingeriefashion
Key Collaborators
Scott Sidney Director George Robinson Director of Photography
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