Rent Free

Rent Free

Theatrical poster
Directed by Howard Higgin
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Thomas Buchanan
Written by Izola Forrester (story)
Mann Page (story)
Elmer Rice (scenario)
Starring Wallace Reid
Lila Lee
Cinematography Charles E. Schoenbaum
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
January 1, 1922
Running time
5 reels; (4,661 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Rent Free is a 1922 American silent comedy feature film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film starred Wallace Reid and his current regular co-star Lila Lee. It was directed by Howard Higgin and adapted by Elmer Rice from a story written directly for the screen by Izola Forrester (the granddaughter of John Wilkes Booth) and Mann Page. Currently this film is lost.[1][2][3]

Reid plays the part of a young painter who moves into an abandoned house but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner. In real life Reid was a talented painter.

This was Higgin's first film as a director.

Cast

References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Rent Free at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Rent Free
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