A Child for Sale
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Creighton Hale
| A Child for Sale | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ivan Abramson |
| Written by | Ivan Abramson |
| Produced by | Ivan Abramson |
| Starring | Gladys Leslie Creighton Hale |
| Cinematography | Louis Dunmyre |
Production company | Graphic Films Corp. |
| Distributed by | Graphic Films Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels (approximately 60 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Child for Sale is a lost[1] 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Gladys Leslie and Creighton Hale.[2]
Charles Stoddard (played by Hale) is a poor artist living with his wife and two children in Greenwich Village. Destitute after his wife dies, he is forced to sell one of his children for $1,000 to a childless rich woman. He soon comes to his senses however, and backs out of the deal. From there, the story takes a number of twists and turns involving Ruth Gardner (Leslie) (the wife of Dr. Gardner who treats Stoddard's child for illness) and Ruth's parents—whose father is also Stoddard's landlord and mother is later revealed to be Stoddard's long-lost mother from a prior marriage.[3]
Cast
- Gladys Leslie as Ruth Gardner
- Creighton Hale as Charles Stoddard
- Bobby Connelly as Walter Stoddard (Charles' son)
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Paula Harrison
- William H. Tooker as William Harrison
- Anna Lehr as Catherine Bell (Dr. Gardner's nurse)
- William B. Davidson as Dr. Gardner
- "Baby" Ruth Sullivan as Sylvia Stoddard (Charles' daughter)
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