The Bonded Woman (1922)
Romance | 21 August 1922
Cast:
Betty Compson, John Bowers, Richard Dix [ More ]Director:
Philip E. RosenWriter:
Albert Shelby Le VinoCinematographer:
James C. Van TreesProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.On 8 April 1922, Camera! announced that director Philip E. Rosen would soon be taking his crew to San Francisco to shoot scenes in the harbor and aboard a ship. Other locations included Balboa Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii. An advertisement in the 8 July 1922 Exhibitors Trade Review stated that the shipwreck sequence was “one of the biggest scenes ever staged.”
Listing the length of the picture as 7,178 feet, an early review in the 26 August 1922 Exhibitors Herald praised the films as “a strong, virile story of the sea containing sufficient love interest and suspense, human appeal and thrills to make it a pleasing attraction, and cause spectators to overlook the illogical sequences.” However, the 4 August 1922 Variety noted that this film was “the third picture in a short time from the same producer having a girl skipper of a roughneck crew on a deep-sea vessel. They all run to the South Sea Islands, and they’re all rather silly. This one makes a new mark for absurdity.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
...
On 8 April 1922, Camera! announced that director Philip E. Rosen would soon be taking his crew to San Francisco to shoot scenes in the harbor and aboard a ship. Other locations included Balboa Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii. An advertisement in the 8 July 1922 Exhibitors Trade Review stated that the shipwreck sequence was “one of the biggest scenes ever staged.”
Listing the length of the picture as 7,178 feet, an early review in the 26 August 1922 Exhibitors Herald praised the films as “a strong, virile story of the sea containing sufficient love interest and suspense, human appeal and thrills to make it a pleasing attraction, and cause spectators to overlook the illogical sequences.” However, the 4 August 1922 Variety noted that this film was “the third picture in a short time from the same producer having a girl skipper of a roughneck crew on a deep-sea vessel. They all run to the South Sea Islands, and they’re all rather silly. This one makes a new mark for absurdity.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
Though wooed by a wealthy shipowner, Angela Gaskell is attracted to Somers, a drunken first mate who rescued her father in a shipwreck. To repay him, the Gaskells mortgage their property and thus obtain funds for the bond necessary for Somers to captain a ship of his own. When money is stolen from the ship and Somers disappears, Angela rejects her suitor, Marvin, and goes to the South Seas in search of Somers, her true love. She is able to regenerate him, and the thief is finally ...
Though wooed by a wealthy shipowner, Angela Gaskell is attracted to Somers, a drunken first mate who rescued her father in a shipwreck. To repay him, the Gaskells mortgage their property and thus obtain funds for the bond necessary for Somers to captain a ship of his own. When money is stolen from the ship and Somers disappears, Angela rejects her suitor, Marvin, and goes to the South Seas in search of Somers, her true love. She is able to regenerate him, and the thief is finally revealed.
Viewed by AFI
Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement AwardTOP SEARCHES
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
According to HR news items, "The Gentleman from Montana" (an unpublished story by Lewis R. Foster, alternately called "The Gentleman from Wyoming" by both contemporary and modern ... >>
The Best Years of Our Lives
The working titles of the film were Glory for Me and Home Again . In the opening credits, actor Fredric March's name is spelled correctly, but ... >>
It's a Wonderful Life
Philip Van Doren Stern's story, which, according to many contemporary and modern sources, was originally written in Nov 1939, was enclosed by him in his 1943 Christmas cards. Although ... >>
