Rent Free (1922)

Directed by

Howard Higgin

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young painter moves into an abandoned house. The daughter of the former owner discovers him there.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalgently comedicnostalgicmildsimplebreezy

What happens

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 and Mann Page. Currently this film is lost. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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