The Marriage Market (1923 film)

The Marriage Market is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Pauline Garon, Jack Mulhall, and Alice Lake. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Columbia Pictures.[1]

The Marriage Market
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Directed byEdward LeSaint
Written byEvelyn Campbell
Produced byHarry Cohn
StarringPauline Garon
Jack Mulhall
Alice Lake
Production
company
Distributed byCBC Film Sales Corporation
Release date
  • October 25, 1923 (1923-10-25)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] mischievous pranks lead to the expulsion of Theodora Bland from a young woman's fashionable academy. She aids Dora Smith, who is escaping from a reform school, and later impersonates her in the home of novelist Roland Carruthers. The latter hides her from the Sheriff. Theodora's relatives endeavor to force her into an unwelcome marriage. After various adventures, she defeats their schemes and weds Roland.

Cast

Production

A historical sequence in the film reproduces the scene depicted in the 1875 painting The Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long, which was also done in the Babylonian story of Intolerance (1916).

Preservation and status

Complete copies are held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the National Archives of Canada.[3]

References
  1. Basinger p. 3
  2. Pardy, George T. (January 26, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Marriage Market". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (10): 26. Retrieved July 25, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "The Marriage Market [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

Bibliography
  • Jeanine Basinger (2013). I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-26916-4
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