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Paid to Love (1927)

Paid to Love poster
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man hires a woman to pose as his lover to impress his family. The arrangement leads to unexpected romantic complications.

lightheartedplayfulbreezyromanticamusingflirtatiouswhimsical

What happens

Paid to Love is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, William M. Conselman, Benjamin Glazer, and Seton I. Miller. The film stars George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, William Powell, Thomas Jefferson, and Hank Mann. The film was released on July 23, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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