What Money Can't Buy


1917

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul 16, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play What Money Can't Buy by George Broadhurst (New York, 11 Oct 1915).

Synopsis

Madison Hale, a wealthy American financier, is bidding against Govrian Texler, the financial advisor to the King of Maritizia for the concession to run a transcontinental railway through the country. When Hale's son Dick completes his college education, he decides to visit Maritizia, the birthplace of his great-grandfather. There he meets Princess Irenia and they fall in love, arousing the jealousy of Ferdinand Vaslof, Texler's nephew, who is also in love with the princess. Ferdinand has Dick imprisoned on false charges, and when Hale, Sr. arrives to look after his business affairs, the princess proposes that he kidnap her and her brother and hold them as willing hostages for Dick's safety. Hale then enters the Council Chamber, secures the loan with which Texler had held the king in his power, and forces him to sign an order for Dick's release. After all the prisoners are released, the nobility of Dick's great-grandfather is established and he and the Princess receive the blessings of their respective fathers.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul 16, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play What Money Can't Buy by George Broadhurst (New York, 11 Oct 1915).

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Notes

Vivian Martin was originally scheduled to play the female lead in this film.