Damaged Lives (1933)

Directed by

Edgar G. Ulmer

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 01m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor's affair leads to a venereal disease infection that threatens his marriage and career. The film is a straightforward public health warning about the consequences of syphilis.

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What happens

Damaged Lives is a 1933 Canadian/American pre-Code exploitation film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The screenplay is based on the French play Les Avariés (1901) by Eugène Brieux. The film was shot at General Service Studios, Hollywood, California for the Canadian Social Health Council and premiered in Toronto, Ontario. Damaged Lives was initially released in Canada and a few cities in the United States but screenings were blocked by censors in most American towns. In 1937, the film was re-released as The Shocking Truth with a 29-minute supplementary lecture on VD added onto the end of the film to satisfy censors. Most current video releases do not include this extra material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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