Damaged Goods (1919)

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

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.

didacticseriouscontroversialsomberslow-pacedinformativedatedsensationalistaustere

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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