Her Body in Bond

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Her Body in Bond
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Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by H. Sheridan Bickers
Starring Mae Murray
Kenneth Harlan
Alan Roscoe
Cinematography Fred LeRoy Granville
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
June 16, 1918
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Her Body in Bond is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Mae Murray, Kenneth Harlan and Alan Roscoe. [1]

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Plot

Mae Murray and Alan Roscoe in Her Body in Bond Her Body in Bond (1918) still 1.jpg
Mae Murray and Alan Roscoe in Her Body in Bond

Peggy and Joe Blondin are husband and wife who show their dancing number in New York cabarets. Sick of tuberculosis, however, Joe is forced to leave for the West for treatment, leaving his wife alone. Now she must also work to pay for her husband's care, with his demands for money ever increasing, so much so that the situation leads to despair. In reality, Joe's correspondence is intercepted by Harlan Quinn, a millionaire who has sights on Peggy: the man rewrites the letters by falsifying their contents. After one particularly alarming letter, Peggy accepts an appointment with Harlan who promises his financial help in return. But before the man manages to win the favors of the dancer, Joe arrives in New York, fully healed. The two men have a fight in which Peggy's stepfather, a drug addict who has been tricked by Harlan, intervenes and shoots the millionaire. The police shoot in turn, killing the old man.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company under the title 'The Eternal Columbine'. The title was changed to 'The Morals of an Actress' prior to release. [2]

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References

  1. Graham & Irmscher p.197
  2. "Her Body in Bond (1918)". AFI Catalog. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

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