A Child for Sale

A Child for Sale

A Child for Sale

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A Child for Sale

1920

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Drama

Overview

Charles Stoddard is a poor artist living with his wife and two children in Greenwich Village. Destitute after his wife dies, he is forced to sell one of his children to a childless rich woman. He soon comes his senses however, and tries to back out of the deal.

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Creighton Hale

Charles Stoddard

Creighton Hale

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Gladys Leslie

Ruth Gardner

Gladys Leslie

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Bobby Connelly

Walter Stoddard

Bobby Connelly

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Julia Swayne Gordon

Paula Harrison

Julia Swayne Gordon

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Anna Lehr

Catherine Bell

Anna Lehr

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Ruth Sullivan

Sylvia Stoddard

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