The Highest Bidder (1921)
Overview
Society miss Sally Raeburn is left penniless and is helped out by an older woman. The woman makes it clear that to repay her, Sally must marry wealth, so when the very well-heeled Lester comes to her village, Sally goes after him. Lester has been traveling incognito in the hopes that no one will discover him, so when Sally wins him she feels guilty and confesses that she knew who he was all along.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.712 |
Directed By
Wallace Worsley
Crew
Wallace Worsley
Lloyd Lonergan
George Peters
Gilbert White
Josef von Sternberg
TOP CAST
Madge Kennedy
Sally Raeburn
Lionel Atwill
Lester
Vernon Steele
Hastings
Ellen Cassidy
Fanny de Witt (as Ellen Cassity)
Zelda Sears
Mrs. Steese
Joseph Brennan
Horace Ashe
Reginald Mason
Mawsby
Brian Darley
Butts
William Black
Mr. Steese
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