Damaged Goods (1919 film)
{{Short description|1919 British film by Alexander Butler}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Damaged Goods
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| director = Alexander Butler
| producer = G.B. Samuelson
| writer = Eugène Brieux (play)
| starring = Campbell Gullan
Marjorie Day
J. Fisher White
James Lindsay
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| studio = G.B. Samuelson Productions
| distributor = Woolf & Freedman Film Service
| released = {{film date|1919|12}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
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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.Low p.140 The film was described by one reviewer as a "masterpiece".Bamford p.20
Cast
- Campbell Gullan as George Dupont
- Marjorie Day as Henrietta Louches
- J. Fisher White as Doctor
- James Lindsay as Rouvenal
- Joan Vivian Reese as Edith Wray
- Bassett Roe as Henry Louches
- Annie Esmond as Marie Dupont
- Winifred Dennis as The Wife
References
Bibliography
- Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0260839|Damaged Goods}}
{{Les Avariés}}
{{Alexander Butler}}
Category:British silent feature films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Alexander Butler
Category:British films based on plays
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Silent British drama films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films based on works by Eugène Brieux
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