A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves..


There is a peculiar, almost intoxicating quality to the cinema of 1923, a year when the silent medium was reaching its zenith of expressive capability before the looming shadow of synchronized sound altered the grammar of storytelling forever. William C. deMille, often overshadowed by the grandiosity of his brother C...

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William C. de Mille

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" There is a peculiar, almost intoxicating quality to the cinema of 1923, a year when the silent medium was reaching its zenith of expressive capability before the looming shadow of synchronized sound altered the grammar of storytelling forever. William C. deMille, often overshadowed by the grandiosity of his brother Cecil, possessed a far more delicate touch—a penchant for psychological nuance and social satire that finds its most eccentric expression in The Marriage Maker. This is not your sta..."
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