| Let's Get Married | |
| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
| Producer: | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky William LeBaron (associate producer) |
| Starring: | Richard Dix Lois Wilson |
| Cinematography: | Edward Cronjager |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes 7 reels (6,700 feet) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Let's Get Married is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Gregory La Cava and stars Richard Dix and Lois Wilson. The film is based on an 1897 play The Man from Mexico by Henry A. Du Souchet performed by William Collier, Sr. This film is a remake of a 1914 film, The Man from Mexico starring John Barrymore which is now considered a lost film.[1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, Billy Dexter, pinched while celebrating a college football game victory, is released. He promises his sweetheart Mary that he will reform and starts selling hymnbooks. However, fate tangles him in a nightclub scrap; he is rearrested and sent to jail. With the aid of a friendly detective, he deceives Mary by telling her that he is on a missionary tour of the South Sea Islands. He escapes and persuades her to wed him right away. The marriage ceremony is constantly interrupted by detectives trailing Billy, but he avoids them until the nuptial knot is tied. An officer then hands him his discharge papers.
A print of Let's Get Married is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3] [4]