Beauty in Chains explained

Beauty in Chains
Director:Elsie Jane Wilson
Producer:Universal
Starring:Ella HallEmory Johnson
Cinematography:Alfred Gosden
Distributor:Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Runtime:5 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Beauty in Chains is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Elsie Jane Wilson based on the novel Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós.[1] The film stars Ella Hall and Emory Johnson. The photoplay was released on March 11, 1918, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[2] [3]

Cast

ActorRole
Ella HallRosarita
Emory JohnsonPepe Rey Don Jose
Ruby LafayetteDoña Perfecta
Winter HallDon Cayetano
Gretchen LedererJuana Toya
Harry HoldenLicurgo
Maxfield StanleyJacinto
George A. McDanielCaballuco
William HakeemLt. Pinzon

Preservation

With no copies of Beauty in Chains listed in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BeautyInChains1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: Beauty in Chains
  2. Web site: Beauty in Chains. catalog.afi.com.
  3. Web site: Beauty in Chains. www.tcm.com.
  4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3656/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Beauty in Chains