The Highest Bidder (1921)
Society miss Sally Raeburn is left penniless and is helped out by an older woman. The woman makes it clear that to repay her, Sally must marry wealth, so when the very well-heeled Lester comes to her village, Sally goes after him. Lester has been traveling incognito in the hopes that no one will discover him, so when Sally wins him she feels guilty and confesses that she knew who he was all along.
- Date of release
- 1921-01-01
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Wallace Worsley
Casting
- Madge Kennedy — Sally Raeburn
- Lionel Atwill — Lester
- Vernon Steele — Hastings
- Ellen Cassidy — Fanny de Witt (as Ellen Cassity)
- Zelda Sears — Mrs. Steese
- Joseph Brennan — Horace Ashe
- Reginald Mason — Mawsby
- Brian Darley — Butts
- William Black — Mr. Steese
Interesting facts
The Highest Bidder is a lost 1921 American drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and written by Lloyd Lonergan. It is based on the 1920 novel The Trap by Maximilian Foster. The film stars Madge Kennedy, Lionel Atwill, Vernon Steele, Ellen Cassidy, Zelda Sears and Joseph Brennan. The film was released on January 15, 1921, by Goldwyn Pictures.
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