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A Child for Sale is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ivan Abramson released in USA on 1 april 1920 with Gladys Leslie

A Child for Sale (1920)

A Child for Sale
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Released in USA 1 april 1920
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama

A Child for Sale is a 1920 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Gladys Leslie and Creighton Hale.

Synopsis

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 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.

Actors

Gladys Leslie

(Ruth Gardner)Creighton Hale

(Charles Stoddard)Julia Swayne Gordon

(Paula Harrison)Bobby Connelly

(Walter Stoddard)Anna Lehr

(Catherine Bell)William B. Davidson

(Dr. Gardner)
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