Not for Sale is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Mary Odette, Ian Hunter and Gladys Hamer. It was made at Cricklewood Studios by Stoll Pictures, and based on a novel by Monica Ewer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton. It is still extant, unlike many silent films of the era which are now considered lost.
Plot
After being disinherited by his father due to his extravagant lifestyle, Lord Bering's acquisitive society fiancée breaks off the engagement. He goes to live in a boarding house in Bloomsbury under an assumed name and gets a job as a chauffeur.
His experiences open his eyes to how the other half live, and he befriends Annie Armstrong the owner of the boarding house and her younger brother. When he is wrongly accused of stealing by his employer, he decides to leave London. While hop-picking in Kent he discovers that he has come into a large sum of money. When he proposes to Annie however she misunderstands and tells him that she is "not for sale". However, when Bering falls ill, Annie changes her mind and arranges a reconciliation with his father.
Cast
Mary Odette as Annie Armstrong
Ian Hunter as Martin Bering
Gladys Hamer as Florrie
Mary Brough as Mrs. Keane
Lionelle Howard as Bertie Strangeways
Phyllis Lytton as Virginia Strangeway
Edward O'Neill as Earl of Rathbury
Mickey Brantford as John Armstrong
Julie Kean as Tibbles Armstrong
W.G. Saunders as Sunny Jim
Jack Trevor as Desmond North
Maud Gill as Miss Carter
Minna Leslie as Mrs. Lovell
Robert Vallis as Roberts
Moore Marriott as Solicitor
George Bellamy as Boarder
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.