The World for Sale
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J. Stuart Blackton
Director
Conway Tearle
Ingolby
Ann Little
Fleda Druse
W. W. Butler
Gabriel Druse, also known as Ri, King of the Gypsies
Norbert Wicki
Jothro Fawe
Escarmillo Fernandez
Marchand
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
21,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Blackton Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.; Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The World For Sale by Gilbert Parker (New York, 1916).
Synopsis
The plot revolves around two rival towns in the Canadian Northwest, which are connected only by a bridge. Ingolby, a determined, idealistic engineer, is saved from destruction by the wild-eyed Fleda Druse, whose father is the local gypsy monarch. [No further information on the plot has been found.]
Director
J. Stuart Blackton
Director
Cast
Conway Tearle
Ingolby
Ann Little
Fleda Druse
W. W. Butler
Gabriel Druse, also known as Ri, King of the Gypsies
Norbert Wicki
Jothro Fawe
Escarmillo Fernandez
Marchand
Joseph Donohue
Jowett
Emile La Croix
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
21,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Blackton Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.; Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The World For Sale by Gilbert Parker (New York, 1916).
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The novel originally appeared in Harper's Magazine. Although the production and opening of this film received quite a bit of publicity, none of the trade journals appears to have reviewed it after its release.
