Souls in Bondage

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Souls in Bondage
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Directed by Edgar Lewis
Written by Daniel Carson Goodman
Produced by Lubin Manufacturing Company
Siegmund Lubin
Starring Nance O'Neil
Distributed by V-L-S-E
Release date
  • January 31, 1916 (1916-01-31)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Souls in Bondage is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company. Nance O'Neil stars in the film, [1] which involves two sisters and an illegitimate child.

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Censorship

Like many American films of the time, Souls in Bondage was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Ohio Board of Censors required a cut of two intertitles, "I'll kill you" and "You fool," and of the shooting of woman. [2] The Pennsylvania board required so many cuts that the film distributor chose not to exhibit such a mutilated film in that state. [3]

Preservation

With no prints of Souls in Bondage located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Souls in Bondage (Wayback)
  2. Platz, Paul Alwyn (4 March 1916). "New Laws And Court Decisions: Ohio Censor Scissors Snip Without Rhyme or Reason". Motion Picture News. 13 (9). New York City: Exhibitor's Times, Inc.: 1304. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. "Philadelphia Exchanges Respond to Increased Bookings, Kraupa Dean of the Exchangemen". Motion Picture News. 13 (9). New York City: Exhibitor's Times, Inc.: 1302 4 March 1916. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Souls in Bondage