Let's Get Married (1926 film)

1926 film

Let's Get Married
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Directed by	Gregory La Cava
Written by	Luther Reed (adaptation) J. Clarkson Miller (writer) John Bishop (intertitles)
Based on	The Man from Mexico by Henry A. Du Souchet
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky William LeBaron (associate producer)
Starring	Richard Dix Lois Wilson
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1926 (1926-03-01)
Running time	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.

Plot

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.

Cast

Richard Dix as Billy Dexter
Lois Wilson as Mary Corbin
Nat Pendleton as Jimmy
Douglas MacPherson as Tommy
Gunboat Smith as Slattery
Joseph Kilgour as Billy's Father
Thomas Findley as Mary's Father
Edna May Oliver as J.W. Smith

Preservation

A print of Let's Get Married is preserved at the Library of Congress.

References

Progressive Silent Film List: Let's Get Married at silentera.com
The Man from Mexico, the play in which Let's Get Married is based, produced on Broadway in 1897 and a 1909 revival; IBDb.com
Pardy, George T. (March 13, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Let's Get Married", Motion Picture News, 33 (11), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1210, retrieved April 3, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute c. 1971
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Let's Get Married

External links

Let's Get Married at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Still at silenthollywood.com

v t e Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Silent	His Nibs (1921) The New School Teacher (1924) Restless Wives (1924) Womanhandled (1925) Let's Get Married (1926) Say It Again (1926) So's Your Old Man (1926) Paradise for Two (1927) Running Wild (1927) Tell It to Sweeney (1927) The Gay Defender (1927) Feel My Pulse (1928) Half a Bride (1928)
Sound	Big News (1929) Saturday's Children (1929) His First Command (1929) Laugh and Get Rich (1931) Smart Woman (1931) Symphony of Six Million (1932) The Age of Consent (1932) The Half Naked Truth (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Bed of Roses (1933) Gallant Lady (1934) What Every Woman Knows (1934) The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Private Worlds (1935) She Married Her Boss (1935) My Man Godfrey (1936) Stage Door (1937) Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) Primrose Path (1940) Unfinished Business (1941) Lady in a Jam (1942) Living in a Big Way (1947) One Touch of Venus (1948)
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