Sold for Marriage | |
Director: | Christy Cabanne |
Starring: | Lillian Gish |
Cinematography: | William |
Distributor: | Triangle Film Corporation |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Sold for Marriage is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne for Triangle Film Corporation. Its working title was Marja of the Steppes. The plot concerns a beautiful young Russian village girl who is in love with a young but poor boy but whose guardian wants her to marry a rich old man that she does not love. When she refuses, her uncle arranges for her to be sold for marriage in America. An extant film, a copy preserved at the Library of Congress.[1]