A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her ...
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| Lillian Gish | ... | Marfa | |
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Frank Bennett | ... | Jan |
| Walter Long | ... | Col. Gregioff | |
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Allan Sears | ... | Ivan (as A.D. Sears) |
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Pearl Elmore | ... | Anna |
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Curt Rehfeld | ... | Dimitri (as Curt Rehfelt) |
| William Lowery | ... | George (as William E. Lowery) | |
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Fred Burns | ... | A Policeman |
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Mike Siebert | ... | The Undesirable Suitor |
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A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Maria. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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16 April 1916 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This 1916 silent by Fine Arts is enjoyable as a vehicle for perky Lillian Gish and her sense of comic skill, a talent that was rarely given the opportunity to shine through in her other, more melodramatic silent features from the same era. As a Russian peasant girl, Lillian constantly hams it up and deadpans for the camera, fighting her unloving, unscrupulous family's efforts to marry her off to unsuitable mates. My favorite moment: when she points in disgust at the richest, but ugliest, suitor in the village and 'says' via title card: "What? You want me to marry this beast?" Hysterical.
Love arrives in the nick of time by the way of an American suitor, and the family ends up emigrating to the States. However the aunt and uncle still plan on selling Lillian to the highest bidder, and she has to fight to find her true love again.
I enjoyed the film quite a bit, even though it was archaic, so much so that I improved it digitally and tinted it and added a new score for my own DVD version. It's improved 100% over the previous version floating around out there.