Underplayed Gems

Damaged Goods (1919)

Damaged Goods poster
Directed by
Alexander Butler
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man contracts a sexually transmitted disease and faces the consequences for himself and his family. The film dramatizes the dangers of venereal disease based on a play that was considered scandalous for its time.

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What happens

Damaged Goods is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Campbell Gullan, Marjorie Day and J. Fisher White. It was based on the 1901 play Les Avariés by Eugène Brieux. Because of the play's controversial tackling of the subject of venereal disease, the film had issues with censor boards and attracted a degree of notoriety. The film was described by one reviewer as a "masterpiece". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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