- Damaged Lives
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- For the 1914 silent film based on the same play, see Damaged Goods (1914 film).
Damaged Lives 
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Produced by J. J. Allen (producer)
Maxwell Cohn (producer)
Nat Cohn (producer)Written by Eugène Brieux (play Les Avariés)
Donald Davis (screenplay)
Edgar G. Ulmer (adaptation)Starring See below Cinematography Allen G. Siegler Editing by Otto Meyer Release date(s) 22 May 1933 Running time 61 minutes Country Canada, USA Language English Damaged Lives (1933) is a Canadian / American exploitation film produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film is based on the French play Les Avariés (1901) by Eugène Brieux, about a couple that contracts a venereal disease.
The film is also known as The Shocking Truth (American reissue title). IMDB says this was filmed at General Service Studios. The final The End title on the Internet Archive print says it was an Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. release.
Another film based on the Brieux play, 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]
Contents
Plot summary
The film involves an extramarital encounter that nearly leads the wife of the main character into killing herself and her husband.
Differences from play
Cast
- Diane Sinclair as Joan Bradley
- Lyman Williams as Donald Bradley Jr.
- Harry Myers as Nat Franklin
- Marceline Day as Laura Hall
- Jason Robards Sr. as Dr. Bill Hall
- Charlotte Merriam as Elise Cooper
- Murray Kinnell as Dr. Vincent Leonard
- George Irving as Donald Bradley Sr.
- Cecilia Parker as Rosie
- Almeda Fowler as Mrs. Bradley
Soundtrack
Production
Filmed in 1933, this cautionary tale was produced under the name Weldon Pictures, because Columbia did not want to be associated with the topic of the film.[citation needed] Along with the controversial subject matter, this is also noteworthy for containing one of the earliest filmed nude scenes in a sequence where a group of fun-loving women strip naked and go skinny dipping.
References
External links
- Damaged Lives at the Internet Movie Database
- Damaged Lives is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Movie.go listing
- Damaged Goods (1937) at IMDB
Categories:- English-language films
- 1933 films
- 1937 films
- Canadian films
- American films
- 1930s drama films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
- Black-and-white films
- Films about sexually transmitted diseases
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- 1930s drama film stubs
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