Her Purchase Price
{{short description|1919 film by Howard Hickman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{infobox film
| name = Her Purchase Price
| image = Her Purchase Price (1919) 1.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Howard C. Hickman
| producer = B&B Features
| writer = Maie B. Havey (story)
Harvey F. Thew (scenario)
| starring = Bessie Barriscale
| music =
| cinematography = Gus Peterson
| editing =
| distributor = Robertson-Cole
| released = {{Film date|1919|9|1}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Her Purchase Price is a 1919 silent film romance distributed by newly formed Robertson-Cole. It was directed by Howard C. Hickman and starred Bessie Barriscale.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute,c.1988{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15427-HER-PURCHASE-PRICE |title=Her Purchase Price |work=afi.com |access-date=March 28, 2024}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Her Purchase Price |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=9 |issue=13 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi/page/73 73] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=September 20, 1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi}} Sir Derek Anstruther (Roscoe) while touring Egypt meets the slave Sheka (Barriscale), who looks European. He learns that she has been reared by a native bandit since the massacre of her mother's caravan in the desert. He falls in love with her. When she is offered for sale on the slave block, he outbids the natives and George Vincent (Wheatcroft), a scion of a wealthy family. Sir Derek marries her and takes her back to England as his wife. George with the aid of Diana Vane, who had hoped to win Sir Derek's title, promote discord in the Anstruther household. Pressed for money, Sir Derek says he would trade anything for 10,000 pounds. Sheka goes to sell herself to a notorious roue who has made advances towards her, and Sir Derek learns of her intentions and follows. When he arrives they discover that the roue has cleared up the mystery of Sheka's parentage, and that she is his heir. Sheka happily returns with Sir Derek.
Cast
- Bessie Barriscale as Sheka
- Alan Roscoe as Sir Derek Anstruther
- Joseph J. Dowling as Hamid-Al
- Kathlyn Williams as Diana Vane
- Stanhope Wheatcroft as George Vincent
- Irene Rich as Marda
- Henry Kolker as Duke of Wryden
- Wedgwood Nowell
- Una Trevelyn
Preservation
With no prints of Her Purchase Price located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6098/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: Her Purchase Price |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}} In October 2020, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
References
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External links
{{commons category|Her Purchase Price}}
- {{IMDb title|0010243}}
- {{AFI film|15427}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140810182405/http://geh.org/ar/strip64/htmlsrc2/m198702210001_ful.html#topofimage Lantern slide announcing coming of the film]
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Lost American romance films
Category:Films directed by Howard C. Hickman
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:English-language romance films
Category:Lost silent American films
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