A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Paying the Price
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5558 feet
Directed by David Selman

Cast: John Miljan [Michael Donovan], William Welsh [Thomas Gordon], Marjorie Bonner [one of Gordon’s daughters], Priscilla Bonner [one of Gordon’s daughters], Mary Carr [Mrs. Gordon], George Hackathorne [Basil Payson], George Fawcett [the casino owner], Eddie Phillips [the gambler], William Eugene [the minister]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Scenario by Dorothy Howell, from a screen story by Dorothy Howell. Cinematography by George Meehan. / © 2 April 1927 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP23823]. Released 5 April 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Abductions, Murder - Death: Murder - Gambling: Cheating, Gamblers - Law: Juries, Trials - Religion: Churches, Clergy, Ministers

Listing updated: 27 November 2022.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.