Bought and Paid For (1922)

Directed by

William Churchill deMille

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1922 silent drama. A woman marries a rich man but finds her new life is not what she expected. The story follows her struggle with the terms of their arrangement.

melodramatictensedatedslow-burnstraightforwardstagedrestrained

What happens

Bought and Paid For is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Agnes Ayres. It is based on a play by George Broadhurst performed on Broadway in 1911 with Julia Dean and revived 1921 respectively. The play was filmed before in 1916 by the World Film Company with Alice Brady in the lead role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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