| Damaged Goods | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom Ricketts Richard Bennett |
| Written by | Eugène Brieux (play Les Avariés) Harry A. Pollard (adaptation) |
| Starring | Richard Bennett Adrienne Morrison |
| Cinematography | Thomas B. Middleton |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film Corporation |
Release date | 1 September 1914 |
| Language | English (title cards) |
Damaged Goods (1914) was an American silent short film directed by Tom Ricketts and Richard Bennett, starring Richard Bennett. It was based on Eugène Brieux's play Les Avariés (1901) about a young couple who contract syphilis. No print of the film is known to exist, and Damaged Goods is considered to be a lost film.
Another film based on the Brieux play, also titled Damaged Goods (1937) was directed by Phil Goldstone with a totally different cast, was released by Grand National Pictures, and was closer to an exploitation film about premarital sex without mentioning venereal disease.[1]
