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Sold for marriage / Fine Arts ; Triangle Film Corp. ; story by William E. Wing ; direction by W. Christy Cabanne.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .S654 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forced marriage.
- Forced marriage--Drama.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Drama.
- Short films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (54 min.) : silent, black and white (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Also known as: Marfa of Russia
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, [2005]
- System Details:
- DVD-R,NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- As a Russian peasant girl, Gish hams it up and deadpans for the camera, fighting her unloving, unscrupulous family's efforts to marry her off to unsuitable mates. Love arrives in the nick of time by the way of an American suitor, and the family ends up emigrating to the States. However the aunt and uncle still plan on selling Lillian to the highest bidder, and she has to fight to find her true love again.
- Participant:
- Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears.
- Notes:
- Silent film with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1916.
- Special feature: short subject (22 min.): Behind the screen (1916) with Charlie Chaplin.
- Contains:
- Behind the screen.
- OCLC:
- 70052346
- Publisher Number:
- 842614100567
- Online:
- http://www.grapevinevideo.com/sold_for_marriage.html
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