''Sold at Auction'' is a 1917 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Sherwood MacDonald and starring
Lois Meredith,
William Conklin
William Conklin (December 25, 1872 – March 21, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.
Partial filmography
* ''Ariz ...
, and
Marguerite Nichols.
Cast
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Lois Meredith as Nan
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William Conklin
William Conklin (December 25, 1872 – March 21, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.
Partial filmography
* ''Ariz ...
as Richard Stanley
*
Marguerite Nichols as Helen
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Frank Mayo as Hal Norris
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Charles Dudley as William Raynor
*
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as Raynor's Sister
Censorship
The film industry created the
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry The National Association of the Motion Picture Industry (NAMPI) was an American film industry self-regulatory body created by the Hollywood studios in 1916 to answer demands for film censorship by states and municipalities.
History
The system consi ...
in 1916 in an effort to preempt
censorship
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by states and municipalities, and it used a list of subjects called the "Thirteen Points" which film plots were to avoid. ''Sold at Auction'', with its
white slavery
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plot line, is an example of a film that clearly violated the Thirteen Points and yet was still distributed. Since the NAMPI was ineffective, it was replaced in 1922.
Preservation
With no copies of ''Sold at Auction'' listed in any film archive,
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Sold at Auction''
/ref> it is a lost film
A lost film is a feature
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References
Bibliography
* Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.
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1917 films
1917 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Sherwood MacDonald
American silent feature films
1910s English-language films
Pathé Exchange films
American black-and-white films
1910s American films
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