Husbands for Rent explained

Husbands for Rent
Director:	Henry Lehrman
Screenplay:	C. Graham Baker Joseph Jackson Jimmy Starr
Story:	Edwin Justus Mayer
Starring:	Owen Moore Helene Costello Katherine Perry John Miljan Claude Gillingwater Arthur Hoyt
Cinematography:	Barney McGill
Editing:	Clarence Kolster
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

Husbands for Rent is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by C. Graham Baker, Joseph Jackson and Jimmy Starr. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Owen Moore, Helene Costello, Katherine Perry, John Miljan, Claude Gillingwater and Arthur Hoyt. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 31, 1927.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Owen Moore as Herbert Willis
• Helene Costello as Molly Devoe
• Katherine Perry as Doris Knight
• John Miljan as Hugh Frazer
• Claude Gillingwater as Sir Reginald Knight
• Arthur Hoyt as Waldo Squibbs
• Helen Lynch as Maid
• Hugh Herbert as Valet

Preservation status

• The film is lost.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Husbands for Rent (1927) - Overview . TCM.com . April 24, 2018.
2. Web site: Hans J. Wollstein . Husbands for Rent (1927) - Henry Lehrman . AllMovie . April 24, 2018.
3. Web site: Husbands for Rent . Catalog.afi.com . April 24, 2018.
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6364/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Husbands for Rent
5. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html Husbands for Rent at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:list of Warner Bros. films - 1927