''The Market of Souls'' is a 1919 American silent

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directed by Joe De Grasse and written by John Lynch and C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Holmes Herbert,

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, Dorcas Mathews, Donald McDonald, and George Williams. The film was released on September 7, 1919, by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, Helen Armes (Dalton), a nurse, comes to New York City from Albany to visit her married brother. She arrives on

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and is immediately added to a cabaret party being made up to include her brother's wife and Lyle Bane (McCullough), a wealthy bachelor. At the cabaret she meets his brother Temple Bane (Herbert), a woman-hater who begins to believe in her. When she wearies of the performance, Lyle takes her home, lures her into his apartment, and attempts familiarities. She escapes but is judged guilty by her sister-in-law, so she leaves at once and goes to the nurse headquarters. Temple arrives and, after being told a lie about Helen's character and the incident, fights with his brother and receives a blow that blinds him. Helen is assigned to his case and she nurses him back to his sight. Being ignorant of her identity, Temple asks Helen for her hand in marriage. When he regains his sight, he then denounces her. She is about to leave when Lyle Bane, who has been reported killed in France while in the

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, appears in a supernatural form and tells the truth about the incident in the apartment. Temple and Helen reconcile, and Lyle disappears, with it concluded that he did not return in the flesh but only as a spirit.

Cast

* Dorothy Dalton as Helen Armes * Holmes Herbert as Temple Bane *

as Lyle Bane * Dorcas Mathews as Evelyn Howell *Donald McDonald as Herbert Howell * George Williams as Dr. Rodney Nevins

Preservation

A print of the film is held in the Gosfilmofond collection in Moscow.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Market of Souls''
Retrieved October 1, 2016

References

External links

* 1919 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1919 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Joseph De Grasse American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-US-film-stub