Painted People is a 1924 American silent film comedy-drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Colleen Moore. It was produced and distributed by Associated First National Pictures.[ Progressive Silent Film List: Painted People at silentera.com][ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Painted People (Wayback)]
Plot
As described in a review of the film in a film magazine,
Ellie Byrne (Moore) and Don Lane (Lyon), chums, living in the poor section of a factory town, go away to make their fortunes. Ellie wishes to become a lady so that she can marry Preston Dutton (Striker), a society chap, and Don becoming infatuated with Stephanie Parrish (Merriam), daughter of a wealthy man. Ellie becomes a leading actress and Don the author of her first play. Ellie refuses Dutton’s suit when she learns he is after her money, and Stephanie returns Don’s engagement ring. Ellie and Don go back to the factory town disillusioned. They realize that they love each other and in reality had not bettered themselves for someone else but for each other.
Cast
Preservation
With no copies of
Painted People located in any film archives or collections,
[ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Painted People] it is a
lost film.
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