# Paint and Powder

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{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Paint and Powder
| image          = Paint and Powder (1925) - 1.jpg
| caption        = Advertisement
| director       = [Hunt Stromberg](/source/Hunt_Stromberg)
| producer       = 
| writer         = Harvey Gates (story, scenario)<br>Frederick Hatton (titles)<br>[Fanny Hatton](/source/Fanny_Hatton) (titles)
| starring       = [Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein)
| music          = 
| cinematography = [Sol Polito](/source/Sol_Polito)
| editing        = Ralph Dixon
| studio         = [Chadwick Pictures](/source/Chadwick_Pictures)
| distributor    = Chadwick Pictures<br>State's Rights
| released       = {{Film date|1925|09|16}}
| runtime        = 70 minutes; 7 [reels](/source/film_reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''Paint and Powder''''' is a surviving 1925 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) produced and released by the [Chadwick Pictures](/source/Chadwick_Pictures). The director of the film was [Hunt Stromberg](/source/Hunt_Stromberg), later be best known as a producer and one of Louis B. Mayer's right hand men over at [MGM](/source/MGM). The star of this film is [Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein), sister of the music writer and granddaughter of the theatrical impresario, both named Oscar Hammerstein.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PaintAndPowder1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Paint and Powder''] at silentera.com</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''Paint and Powder'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=06 |pages=57–58 |date=31 October 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/654/mode/1up |access-date=1 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> 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.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein) as Mary Dolan
*[Theodore von Eltz](/source/Theodore_von_Eltz) as Jimmy Evarts
*[Stuart Holmes](/source/Stuart_Holmes) as Phillip Andrews
*[John St. Polis](/source/John_St._Polis) as Mark Kelsey
*[Russell Simpson](/source/Russell_Simpson_(actor)) as Riley
*[Charles Murray](/source/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)) as Cabman
*[Derelys Perdue](/source/Derelys_Perdue) as Mazie Hull
*[Pat Hartigan](/source/Pat_Hartigan_(actor)) as Tim McCardle
*Ernest Belcher as Dancing Master
*Mrs. Charles Craig as Mrs. Evarts
*[Fred Kelsey](/source/Fred_Kelsey) as Detective (uncredited)
*[Tom Ricketts](/source/Tom_Ricketts) as Old Man at Party (uncredited)
*[Larry Steers](/source/Larry_Steers) as Party Guest (uncredited)
}}

==Preservation==
A print of ''Paint and Powder'' is held by the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) and in the [George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection](/source/George_Eastman_Museum_Motion_Picture_Collection).<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2493/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Paint and Powder'']</ref> It has also been released on DVD.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0016195}}

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Category:1925 films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1925 drama films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Hunt Stromberg
Category:1925 American films
Category:1925 English-language films
Category:English-language drama films

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