🎬 Drama

Marriage for Convenience

"A dramatic portrayal of the astounding story of a woman who unknowingly married the man who had wronged her. A marriage for convenience not for love."

⭐ 9.0/10 1919 50m Dir. Sidney Olcott

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Barbara Rand is blinded when she leaps through a window to escape an assailant. Her sister, Natalie, reluctantly abandons her fiancé, Ned Gardiner, and marries Oliver Landis, who can provide the money needed for Barbara's operation. Unaware that Oliver was Barbara's attacker, Natalie blames his business partner, Howard Pollard, who was with Barbara on the night she was injured. Natalie holds Howard at gunpoint, but when her husband arrives, he promises to deal with the villain making sure Howard falls to his death. Upon Barbara’s release from the hospital, Oliver tries to blind her once. Natalie threatens him with a pistol, but Oliver wrests it away from her. He then realizes that he can no longer hide his guilt from Natalie or the police and shoots himself. Barbara has been avenged, and Natalie is free to marry Ned.

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Year
1919
Runtime
50m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 9.0/10
Votes
1
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Sidney Olcott 👤 Catherine Calvert 👤 Ann May 👤 George Majeroni
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Questions about Marriage for Convenience

Marriage for Convenience has a runtime of 50m ( and 50 minutes).
Marriage for Convenience was directed by Sidney Olcott and released in 1919.
Marriage for Convenience is a Drama film (1919).
The cast of Marriage for Convenience includes Catherine Calvert, Ann May, George Majeroni, Edmund Burns, Cesare Gravina.
Marriage for Convenience has a TMDB rating of 9.0/10 based on 1 votes.

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