The Price She Paid

1924 DramaRomance Directed by Henry MacRae

About The Price She Paid

Mildred Gower agrees to marry Lemuel Siddall, a rich man she cannot stand, so her extravagant mother will not go bankrupt. Alma Rubens plays Mildred.

Cast & crew

More about The Price She Paid

Henry MacRae directed the silent drama. Frank Mayo and Eugenie Besserer are in the cast with Rubens.

Themes

Notes

  • The bargain is the mother's debts for the daughter's marriage.
  • Siddall is wealthy and unwanted. Mildred says yes anyway.
  • Eugenie Besserer, later the mother in The Jazz Singer, is in the supporting cast.

Scenes

  • Mildred accepts Siddall's proposal to keep her mother out of bankruptcy.