Bound and Gagged (1919)

Directed by

George B. Seitz

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film serial makes fun of the over-the-top dramatic serials from the same time. It follows a spoof adventure with characters acting out melodramatic cliches for laughs.

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What happens

Bound and Gagged is a 1919 American silent film serial produced by George B. Seitz Productions and distributed by Pathé. It was a spoof of the clichéd melodramatic serials of the era. It was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. Four episodes survive in the Library of Congress film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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