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Sold for Marriage

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Sold for Marriage
Still with Lillian Gish, Pearl Elmore, and Walter Long
Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Written by	William E. Wing
Starring	Lillian Gish
Cinematography	William
Distributed by	Triangle Film Corporation
Release date	April 16, 1916 (1916-04-16)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Sold for Marriage is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne for Triangle Film Corporation. Its working title was Marja of the Steppes. The plot concerns a beautiful young Russian village girl who is in love with a young but poor boy but whose guardian wants her to marry a rich old man that she does not love. When she refuses, her uncle arranges for her to be sold for marriage in America. An extant film, a copy preserved at the Library of Congress.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Lillian Gish as Marfa
Frank Bennett as Jan
Walter Long as Col. Gregioff
Allan Sears as Ivan (as A.D. Sears)
Pearl Elmore as Anna
Curt Rehfeld as Dimitri (as Curt Rehfelt)
William Lowery as George (as William E. Lowery)
Fred Burns as A Policeman
Mike Siebert as The Undesirable Suitor
Frank Brownlee as Nicholas

References[edit]

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Sold for Marriage at silentera.com

External links[edit]

Sold for MarriageatIMDb

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1920s	Life's Twist (1920) The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920) Burnt Wings (1920) The Triflers (1920) The Stealers (1920) The Barricade (1921) What's a Wife Worth? (1921) Live and Let Live (1921) At the Stage Door (1921) Till We Meet Again (1922) Beyond the Rainbow (1922) Youth for Sale (1924) Lend Me Your Husband (1924) The Sixth Commandment (1924) The Spitfire (1924) Is Love Everything? (1925) The Midshipman (1925) The Masked Bride (1925) The Average Woman (1925) Monte Carlo (1925) Altars of Desire (1926) Annapolis (1928) Nameless Men (1928) Driftwood (1928) Restless Youth (1928) Conspiracy (1928)
1930s	The Dawn Trail (1930) Carne de Cabaret (1930) Convicted (1931) Graft (1931) Sky Raiders (1931) Hearts of Humanity (1931) The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) Western Limited (1932) The Unwritten Law (1932) The Midnight Patrol (1932) Hotel Continental (1932) The World Gone Mad (1932) Daring Daughters (1933) Midshipman Jack (1933) When Strangers Meet (1933) Money Means Nothing (1934) Jane Eyre (1934) A Girl of the Limberlost (1934) Storm Over the Andes (1934) Behind the Green Lights (1935) Storm Over the Andes (1935) Another Face (1935) One Frightened Night (1935) The Keeper of the Bees (1935) Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) The Last Outlaw (1936) It's Up to You (1936) Don't Tell the Wife (1936) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Criminal Lawyer (1937) Annapolis Salute (1937) You Can't Beat Love (1937) The Westland Case (1937) Night Spot (1937) Everybody's Doing It (1938) This Marriage Business (1938) Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1938) Tropic Fury (1939) Legion of Lost Flyers (1939) Man from Montreal (1939)
1940s	The Mummy's Hand (1940) Black Diamonds (1940) Danger on Wheels (1940) Hot Steel (1940) Alias the Deacon (1940) The Devil's Pipeline (1940) Scattergood Baines (1941) Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) Drums of the Congo (1942) Scattergood Rides High (1942) Timber (1942) Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) Top Sergeant (1942) Cinderella Swings It (1942) Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) Dixie Jamboree (1943) Sensation Hunters (1945) King of the Bandits (1945) Scared to Death (1947) Robin Hood of Monterey (1947) Silver Trails (1948) Back Trail (1948)

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