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Damaged Goods (1937)

Damaged Goods poster
Directed by
Phil Goldstone
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
56 min
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man learns he has contracted a sexually transmitted disease and must deal with the personal and social consequences. The story is based on a play meant to warn people about the dangers of venereal disease.

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What happens

Damaged Goods is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry and Douglas Walton. It is based on the play Les Avariés by Eugène Brieux and the subsequent adapted novel Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair. A silent film adaptation Damaged Goods had been made in 1914. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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