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The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916)

The Thousand-Dollar Husband poster
Directed by
James Young
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is paid to become a woman's husband. The arrangement leads to complicated feelings and social tensions.

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What happens

The Thousand-Dollar Husband is a lost 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by James Young and starring Blanche Sweet, Theodore Roberts, Tom Forman, James Neill, Horace B. Carpenter, and Lucille La Verne. The film was released on May 28, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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