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Bought and Paid For
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5601 feet
Directed by William C. de Mille

Cast: Agnes Ayres [Virginia Blaine], Jack Holt [Robert Stafford], Walter Hiers [James Gilley], Leigh Wyant [Fanny Blaine], George Kuwa [Oku], Bernice Frank [the maid], Ethel Wales [the telegraph girl]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A William de Mille Production; It’s a Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Clara Beranger (Clara S. Beranger), from the play Bought and Paid For by George Broadhurst. Cinematography by L. Guy Wilky. Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 22 March 1922 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP17693]. Premiered 12 March 1922 in New York, New York. Released 16 April 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 23 September 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.