Sold for Marriage
Cast & Crew
William Christy Cabanne
Lillian Gish
Frank Bennett
Walter Long
A. D. Sears
Pearl Elmore
Film Details
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Synopsis
Hoping to satisfy their greed by marrying off their niece to the most eligible bachelor, Marfa's Aunt and Uncle Ivan refuse to let her marry Jan, a young Russian peasant who has recently returned from America. As determined as her aunt and uncle, however, Marfa repulses the advances of Colonel Gregioff, and then knocks him senseless with a branch from a tree. As a result, Ivan and his wife decide that they should leave Russia and join Ivan's brother Georg in Los Angeles, where Georg promises to find the girl a rich husband. While sailing to the United States, Marfa once again sees Jan, who has also decided to return to America. After the ship stops briefly in San Francisco, Ivan and his wife take Marfa to Los Angeles, where they sell her for $10,000 to Nicholas, a wealthy Russian immigrant. Marfa is forced to agree to the marriage, but on the day of the wedding, Jan, who has been able to locate her, arrives with the police and stops the ceremony on the grounds that it is illegal to sell women into marriage. With Ivan, his wife, Georg and Nicholas safely in prison, Marfa and Jan begin their life together.
Director
William Christy Cabanne
Cast
Lillian Gish
Frank Bennett
Walter Long
A. D. Sears
Pearl Elmore
Carl Rehfelt
William A. Lowery
Fred Burns
William Siebert
Frank Brownlee
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Motion Picture News cites the working title of the film as Marja of the Steppes.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1916
Released in United States April 1981
reels 5
Released in United States April 1981 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Treasures from AFI) April 2-23, 1981.)
Released in United States 1916
