Sold for Marriage

Sold for Marriage — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 15, 1916
• Runtime
• 55 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Christy Cabanne

Sold for Marriage — Cast

Lillian Gish Marfa Frank Bennett Jan Walter Long Col. Gregioff Allan Sears Ivan

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Pearl Elmore Anna

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Curt Rehfeld Dimitri William Lowery George Fred Burns A Policeman