Sold for Marriage

Sold for Marriage

55 mins | Drama | April 15, 1916

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.

Sold for Marriage

55 mins | Drama | April 15, 1916

Sold for Marriage
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title Sold for Marriage
Directors Christy Cabanne
Writers William E. Wing

Cast

Lillian Gish

as Marfa

Frank Bennett

as Jan

Walter Long

as Col. Gregioff

Allan Sears

as Ivan

Pearl Elmore

as Anna

Curt Rehfeld

as Dimitri

William Lowery

as George

Fred Burns

as A Policeman

Mike Siebert

as The Undesirable Suitor

Frank Brownlee

as Nicholas