The Marriage Market is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Pauline Garon, Jack Mulhall, and Alice Lake. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Columbia Pictures.[1]
| The Marriage Market | |
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| Directed by | Edward LeSaint |
| Written by | Evelyn Campbell |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn |
| Starring | Pauline Garon Jack Mulhall Alice Lake |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CBC Film Sales Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
As described in a film magazine review,[2] mischievous pranks lead to the expulsion of Theodora Bland from a young woman's fashionable academy. She aids Dora Smith, who is escaping from a reform school, and later impersonates her in the home of novelist Roland Carruthers. The latter hides her from the Sheriff. Theodora's relatives endeavor to force her into an unwelcome marriage. After various adventures, she defeats their schemes and weds Roland.
Cast edit
- Pauline Garon as Theodora Bland
- Jack Mulhall as Roland Carruthers
- Marc B. Robbins as John Piggott
- Vera Lewis as Aunt Agnes Piggott
- Alice Lake as Lillian Piggott
- Willard Louis as Seibert Peckham
- Kate Lester as Harriet T. Whitcomb
- Mayme Kelso as Miss Blodgett
- Shannon Day as Dora Smith, a Reform School Girl
- Jean De Briac as Count Dimitri
Production edit
A historical sequence in the film reproduces the scene depicted in the 1875 painting The Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long, which was also done in the Babylonian story of Intolerance (1916).
Preservation and status edit
Complete copies are held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the National Archives of Canada.[3]
References edit
- ^ Basinger p. 3
- ^ Pardy, George T. (January 26, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Marriage Market". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (10). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 26. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "The Marriage Market [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
Bibliography edit
- Jeanine Basinger (2013). I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-26916-4
External links edit
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