William Russell and Charlotte Burton in an Expressive Interpose
“Unconsenting she consented” has never been better illustrated in art posting than in this scene from “The Highest Bid,” a brand new American Mutual Star picture. Elise, bound by her too ambitious mother, dares not give herself to the man she loves. The play of her heart against her duty is finely expressed—the pose of her head, the reluctant yet lovelorn eyes, the irresponsive yet clinging hands, and the back turned to her great desire, ably tell the story
Motion Picture Magazine, September 1916. Internet Archive.