Paid in Advance (1919)

Directed by

Allen Holubar

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dramatic silent film set during the Alaska Gold Rush. A young woman takes a stand against a dangerous man, leading to a confrontation shown in a surviving still image.

old-fashionedhistoricaldramaticadventurousromanticstarksilent-era

What happens

Paid in Advance is a 1919 American silent drama film set during the Alaska Gold Rush, from the story The Girl Who Dared by James Oliver Curwood. The film was directed by Allen Holubar, who wrote the screen adaption as well. The movie stars Dorothy Phillips, Joseph W. Girard, Lon Chaney, and Priscilla Dean. A still exists showing the lead heroine holding Bateese Le Blanc (Lon Chaney) at gunpoint. A nitrate stock print (with Czech subtitles) is housed at the Czech Film Archive in Prague, Czech Republic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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