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Sold for Marriage

Synopsis

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.

Drama

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Details

Title:
Sold for Marriage

Latest releases:
April 15, 1916

Decade:
Years 1910

Country of origin:
United States of America

Duration
55mn

Genres
Drama

Actors
Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears

Source:
Public Domain via Wikipedia (YouTube)
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