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Damaged Goods (1919 film)

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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 Aviaries' by Eugne 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.


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