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Sold for Marriage
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Wikipedia article
'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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SoldForMarriage1916.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Sold for Marriage'] at silentera.com'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' by The American Film Institute,c.1978
Cast
* 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
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