Sold for Marriage (1916)
Overview
A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Marfa.
Overview
A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Marfa.
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Release Date
April 15, 1916
Rating
Runtime
0h 55m
Lillian Gish
Marfa
Frank Bennett
Jan
Walter Long
Col. Gregioff
Allan Sears
Ivan
Pearl Elmore
Anna
Curt Rehfeld
Dimitri
William Lowery
George
Fred Burns
A Policeman
Mike Siebert
The Undesirable Suitor
Frank Brownlee
Nicholas
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