Marriage for Convenience (1919)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1919-02-03
Director: Sidney Olcott
Writers: Bennet Musson , E. Lloyd Sheldon
Language: None | English
Stars: Catherine Calvert , Ann May , George Majeroni , Henry Sedley , Blanche Davenport , Edmund Burns , Sadie Leonard , George Pauncefort , Cesare Gravina , Edward Slow
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Her Family's Honor (United States of America) , Marriage for Convenience , Marriage for Convenience (United States of America) , L'impossible mariage (France, French Republic)
Plot: Barbara Rand, the daughter of a poor but proud Southern widow, loses her sight after leaping through the window of a notorious roadhouse to escape an assailant. Her sister, Natalie, reluctantly abandons her fiancé, Ned Gardiner, and marries Oliver Landis, who can provide the money needed for Barbara's operation. Unaware that Oliver was Barbara's attacker, Natalie places the blame on his business partner, Howard Pollard, who was with Barbara on the night she was injured. As Natalie holds Howard at gunpoint, her husband arrives and promises to deal with the supposed villain. A struggle ensues between the two men, and Howard falls from a cliff to his death. After Barbara is released from the hospital, Oliver tries to blind her once again by removing her bandages prematurely. Natalie threatens him with a pistol, but Oliver wrests it away from her. He then realizes that he can no longer hide his guilt from Natalie or the police and shoots himself. Barbara has been avenged, and Natalie is free to marry Ned.
IMDB:tt0010441