''Not for Sale'' is a 1924 British silent

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directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Mary Odette, Ian Hunter and

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. It was made at

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which als ...

by Stoll Pictures, and based on a novel by Monica Ewer. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. It is still extant, unlike many silent films of the era which are now considered

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Plot

After being disinherited by his father due to his extravagant lifestyle, Lord Bering's acquisitive society fiancée breaks off the engagement. He goes to live in a boarding house in Bloomsbury under an assumed name and gets a job as a chauffeur. His experiences open his eyes to how the other half live, and he befriends Annie Armstrong the owner of the boarding house and her younger brother. When he is wrongly accused of stealing by his employer, he decides to leave London. While

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he discovers that he has come into a large sum of money. When he proposes to Annie however she misunderstands and tells him that she is "not for sale". However, when Bering falls ill, Annie changes her mind and arranges a reconciliation with his father.

Cast

* Mary Odette as Annie Armstrong * Ian Hunter as Martin Bering *

as Florrie *

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as Mrs. Keane * Lionelle Howard as Bertie Strangeways * Phyllis Lytton as Virginia Strangeway * Edward O'Neill as Earl of Rathbury *

Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ...

as John Armstrong * Julie Kean as Tibbles Armstrong * W.G. Saunders as Sunny Jim *

Jack Trevor Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976), known by the stage name Jack Trevor, was a British film actor of the silent and early sound era. Based in Weimar (and later Nazi) Germany, he acted in 67 films between ...

as Desmond North * Maud Gill as Miss Carter * Minna Leslie as Mrs. Lovell *

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as Roberts *

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as Solicitor * George Bellamy as Boarder

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1924 films 1924 comedy films British comedy films 1920s English-language films British silent feature films Films based on British novels Films directed by W. P. Kellino Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Stoll Pictures films British black-and-white films Films set in London Films set in Kent 1920s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub