Marriage for Convenience

Marriage for Convenience (1919)

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.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1919-02-03
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Frank A. Keeney Pictures Corporation
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sidney Olcott

Summary

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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  • Catherine Calvert

    as Natalie Rand
  • Ann May

    as Barbara Rand
  • George Majeroni

    as Oliver Landis
  • Edmund Burns

    as Ned Gardiner
  • Cesare Gravina

    as Lazzare
  • Henry Sedley

    as Howard Pollard
  • Blanche Davenport

    as Mrs. Raleigh Rand
  • Sadie Leonard

    as Mrs. Daniel Chester
  • George Pauncefort

    as Dick Stanton
  • Edward Slow

    as Negro Servant
Directing Sidney Olcott Director
Writing Bennet Musson Scenario Writer
Writing E. Lloyd Sheldon Story
Camera Barry Williamson Camera Operator
Crew Frank A. Keeney Presenter
Crew S.M. Unander Technical Supervisor

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