The Man Who Paid is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Wilfred Lytell, Norma Shearer, and Florence Rogan.
[1] As described in a film magazine,[2] Oliver Thornton (Lytell), after serving a prison term on the false accusation of having embezzled bank funds, seeks to forget in the wilds of the north and secures a position as an agent for a far northern trading company.
Guy has arrived with proof of Oliver's innocence of the embezzling charge, and the two are on a fishing trip when Jeanne is kidnapped.
Now with his name cleared of the charge and rich from the silver mine, Oliver is asked by Guy to return to the city and take up his business career.
After some struggle with his ambition, Oliver elects to remain in the woods, happy in the love of his wife and child.