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Beauty in Chains (1918)

Beauty in Chains poster
Directed by
Elsie Jane Wilson
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is caught between traditional family expectations and her own desires in a small town. This silent drama adapts a Spanish novel about personal freedom versus societal pressure.

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What happens

Beauty in Chains is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson based on the novel Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film stars Ella Hall and Emory Johnson. The photoplay was released on March 11, 1918, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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