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The Girl He Didn't Buy (1928)

Genre : Romance, Drama

Runtime : 55M

Director : Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Writer : Ada McQuillan, Gladys Gordon

Synopsis

Produced by small-scale firm Peerless, this silent melodrama told the ancient story of the girl whose refusal to "put out" loses her a chance for stage prominence.

Actors

Pauline Garon
Pauline Garon
Ruth Montaigne
Allan Simpson
Allan Simpson
Edwin Edinburg
Rosemary Cooper
Rosemary Cooper
Maizie Dupont
Gladden James
Gladden James
Hal De Forrest
William Eugene
William Eugene
Philip D'Arcy
Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey
Hans (as James Aubrey)
Mae Prestell
Mae Prestell
Martha (as May Prestelle)

Crews

Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Director
Ada McQuillan
Ada McQuillan
Story
Ada McQuillan
Ada McQuillan
Screenplay
Gladys Gordon
Gladys Gordon
Story
Gladys Gordon
Gladys Gordon
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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