Paid in Advance is a 1919 American silent drama film set during the Alaska Gold Rush, from the story The Girl Who Dared by James Oliver Curwood. The film was directed by Allen Holubar, who wrote the screen adaption as well. The movie stars Dorothy Phillips, Joseph W. Girard, Lon Chaney, and Priscilla Dean.A still exists showing the lead heroine holding Bateese Le Blanc (Lon Chaney) at gunpoint. A nitrate stock print (with Czech subtitles) is housed at the Narodni Filmovy Archive in Czechoslovakia