Movie: The Girl He Didn't Buy

Top 7 Billed Cast

Pauline Garon
Pauline Garon

Ruth Montaigne

Allan Simpson
Allan Simpson

Edwin Edinburg

Rosemary Cooper
Rosemary Cooper

Maizie Dupont

Gladden James
Gladden James

Hal De Forrest

William Eugene
William Eugene

Philip D'Arcy

Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey

Hans (as James Aubrey)

Mae Prestell
Mae Prestell

Martha (as May Prestelle)

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    Produced by small-scale firm Peerless, this silent melodrama told the ancient story of the girl whose refusal to "put out" loses her a chance for stage prominence.

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    1928-04-14

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