''Her Market Value'' is a 1925 American silent
melodrama film
In film studies and criticism, melodrama may variously refer to a genre, mode, style or sensibility characterized by its emphasis on intense and exaggerated emotions and heightened dramatic situations. There is no fixed definition of the term an ...
directed by
Paul Powell and starring
Agnes Ayres
Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Henkel; April 4, 1892 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the period of silent films. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in '' The Sheik'' opposite Rudolph Valentino.
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. Powell produced the picture and distributed through
Producers Distributing Corporation
Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC) was a short-lived Hollywood film distribution company, organized in 1924 and dissolved in 1927. In its brief heyday, film director Cecil B. DeMille was its primary talent and owner of its Culver City ...
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Plot
As described in a film magazine review, unwise investments wipe out Dumont, formerly a wealthy man. He drowns himself and three estate trustees discuss the penniless wife. They “invest” $30,000 in her and she uses the money to pay off her husband’s debts. The three men then vie for Nancy’s hand, but Davis, learning her true market value, finally buys out the others and gets Nancy’s love and hand in the bargain.
Cast
Preservation
A print of ''Her Market Value'' is held at
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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[''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971]
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1925 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Paul Powell (director)
1925 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Producers Distributing Corporation films
1920s melodrama films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
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