Sold for Marriage
# Sold for Marriage

Sold for Marriage is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne for Triangle Film Corporation. Its working title was Marja of the Steppes. The plot concerns a beautiful young Russian village girl who is in love with a young but poor boy but whose guardian wants her to marry a rich old man that she does not love. When she refuses, her uncle arranges for her to be sold for marriage in America. An extant film, a copy preserved at the Library of Congress.

## Cast

* Lillian Gish as Marfa
* Frank Bennett as Jan
* Walter Long as Col. Gregioff
* Allan Sears as Ivan (as A.D. Sears)
* Pearl Elmore as Anna
* Curt Rehfeld as Dimitri (as Curt Rehfelt)
* William Lowery as George (as William E. Lowery)
* Fred Burns as A Policeman
* Mike Siebert as The Undesirable Suitor
* Frank Brownlee as Nicholas
