What Money Can't Buy (1917)

Directed by

Lou Tellegen

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent drama from 1917 following characters caught in emotional conflicts. The story hinges on moral choices where wealth cannot resolve deeper personal struggles.

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What happens

What Money Can't Buy is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Lou Tellegen and starring Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Theodore Roberts, Hobart Bosworth, Raymond Hatton and James Cruze. It was written by George Broadhurst and Beulah Marie Dix. The film was released on July 16, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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