Beauty in Chains (1918)
Rosarita, a young relative of the powerful Doña Perfecta in the small Spanish village of Orbajosa, has been betrothed since infancy to her cousin, Pepe Rey Don Jose, although the two have never met. When Pepe comes to visit Rosarita, she immediately falls in love with him, but his offhand remark about the lack of enterprise in the small town alienates Doña Perfecta, and the old woman becomes determined to prevent the marriage.
- Date of release
- 1918-03-11
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Elsie Jane Wilson
Casting
- Emory Johnson — Pepe Rey Don Jose
- Ruby Lafayette — Doña Perfecta (as Ruby La Fayette)
- Ella Hall — Rosarita
- Winter Hall — Don Cayetano
- Maxfield Stanley — Jacinto
- Harry Holden — Licurgo (as Harry M. Holden)
- George A. McDaniel — Caballuco (as George E. McDaniel)
- Gretchen Lederer — Juana Toya
- William Hakeem — Lt. Pinzon
Interesting facts
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. The film stars Ella Hall and Emory Johnson. The photoplay was released on March 11, 1918, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.
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