Marriage for Convenience

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Marriage For Convenience
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Directed by Sidney Olcott
Written byBennet Musson (scenario)
Story by E. Lloyd Sheldon
Produced byFrank A. Keeney
Starring Catherine Calvert
CinematographyLarry Williams
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • February 3, 1919 (1919-02-03)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent..(English titles)

Marriage For Convenience is a 1919 silent film drama directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Catherine Calvert. [1]

Contents

Prints survive of this feature the BFI National Archive, London, the Library of Congress and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. [2] [3]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Marriage For Convenience
  2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Marriage For Convenience
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.112 c.1978 by the American Film Institute