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The Wright Idea
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6225 or 6300? feet
Directed by Charles Hines

Cast: Johnny Hines [Johnny Wright], Louise Lorraine [Helen], Edmund Breese [Mr. Filbert], Walter James [Captain Sandy], Fred Kelsey [M.T. Flatt], Henry Barrows [Mr. Smoot], Henry Hebert [Mr. Stein], Charles Giblyn [Mr. Carter], Jack McHugh [Spec], [?] J. Barney Sherry or George Irving? [O.J. Gude], Charles Gerrard [Mr. Roberts], Betty Egan [Betty], Blanche Craig [Mrs. O’Toole], Richard Maitland [Mr. Saunders]

C.C. Burr Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Jack Townley, from a screen story by Jack Townley. Cinematography by William J. Miller and Al Wilson. Film editor, George Amy. Intertitles written by Paul Perez. / © 26 July 1928 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP25493]. Released 5 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 27 November 2023.

References: Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 122, 123; Sweeney-Coming p. 130 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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