Bought and Paid For

Bought and Paid For is a lost[1] 1922 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Agnes Ayres. It is based on a play by George Broadhurst performed on Broadway in 1911 with Julia Dean and revived 1921 respectively.[2][3] The play was filmed before in 1916 by the World Film Company with Alice Brady in the lead role.

Bought and Paid For
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Directed byWilliam C. deMille
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Screenplay byClara Beranger
Based onBought and Paid For
by George Broadhurst
StarringAgnes Ayres
CinematographyL. Guy Wilky
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 12, 1922 (1922-05-12)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] self-made millionaire Robert Stafford (Holt) finds to his own surprise that he is falling in love with a young woman working at a hotel switchboard. Virginia Blaine (Ayres) is flattered by his attentions and when she consents to marry him, she is not in love with him. Her sister Fanny (Wyant), who is engaged to James Gilley (Hiers), is eager for Virginia to consent as it means comfort and luxury for all. Robert is patient with his wife and she at length learns to love him. Two years pass and there is but one cloud to her happiness, and that is Robert's drinking. When intoxicated he forgets the consideration due his wife. On a night when her sister Fanny and James have been to the opera with Virginia, Robert comes home intoxicated and, when his wife repulses him, he breaks in her door. Ashamed and repentant the next day, he tries to make amends by presenting a diamond bracelet to his wife. She refuses it, reminding him that during the previous night he said that she was his, "bought and paid for." She tells him that she is going to leave unless he promises never to drink again, but he refuses to make such a promise. When she leaves, he says that he will come when she sends for him, but she says that she will never do that and that he must come to her. James loses his $200 a week position and Virginia has to go to work. James takes things into his own hands and telephones Robert saying that Virginia wants him. Robert, lonely and eager for reconciliation, flies to Virginia. While the truth about James' call comes out, Robert tells Virginia that he has given up drink, bringing about an understanding between them. James also gets his position back.

Cast
gollark: Hmm. I MAY have to find my immovable and indestructible trolley barrier.
gollark: No, ALL is to be counterfactual.
gollark: Oh, and if you look at versions where it's "pull lever to divert trolley onto different people" versus "push person off bridge to stop trolley", people tend to be less willing to sacrifice one to save five in the second case, because they're more involved and/or it's less abstract somehow.
gollark: There might be studies on *that*, actually, you might be able to do it without particularly horrible ethical problems.
gollark: You don't know that. We can't really test this. Even people who support utilitarian philosophy abstractly might not want to pull the lever in a real visceral trolley problem.

References
  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bought and Paid For
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute c. 1971
  3. Bought and Paid For as produced on Broadway in 1911 (Playhouse Theatre) and revived 1921 (Playhouse Theatre); IBDb.com
  4. "Reviews: Bought and Paid For". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (15): 71. April 8, 1922.
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