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Bought and Paid For

1916 · 50 min

A quiet, earnest silent melodrama that plays its marital regrets and moneyed misery with straight-faced sincerity.

Directed by
Harley Knoles
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alice Brady, Montagu Love, Josephine Drake
Overview
A social-climbing young woman marries Robert, a rich alcoholic, for his money. Although basically a good man, when drunk Robert treats her as if she's just one more thing he owns, and not his wife. Realizing her mistake, she leaves him. Her brother-in-law believes that the two of them actually do love each other, and sets out to bring them back together.

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Directed by
Harley Knoles
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alice Brady, Montagu Love, Josephine Drake
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • addiction
    • love
    • betrayal
    • redemption
    Places
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Harley Knoles
    Written by
    Frances Marion
    Starring
    Alice Brady, Montagu Love, Josephine Drake, Frank Conlan
    Cinematography
    Arthur Edeson
    Runtime
    50 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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