Handcuffs or Kisses

Handcuffs or Kisses
Handcuffs or Kisses
	Film still
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Written by	Lewis Allen Browne ; Thomas Edgelow (story)
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Elaine Hammerstein ; Julia Swayne Gordon ; Dorothy Chappell
Cinematography	Jules Cronjager
Production; company	Selznick Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Select Pictures Corporation
Release date	September 5, 1921;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Handcuffs or Kisses is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Dorothy Chappell.^[1] It was future Hollywood star Ronald Colman's first film in America. This is presumed to be a lost film.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] Lois Walton (Hammerstein) is sent to a reformatory by scheming relatives and when she protests of the ill treatment of a weaker sister, she is flogged and dipped in ice cold baths. An investigation into the institution's affairs is conducted but the inmates are intimidated and dare not testify against the matron. Doris is sent to the home of a physician as a domestic worker, but she leaves after the doctor attempts to embrace her. She is befriended by a lawyer on the investigating committee, but, fearing to compromise him, she again escapes and is given a home by a woman that runs a gambling den. The young lawyer runs into her again and offers her marriage and a home, which she accepts.

Cast

Elaine Hammerstein as Lois Walton
Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Walton
Dorothy Chappell as Violet
Robert Ellis as Peter Madison
Alison Skipworth as Miss Strodd
Florence Billings as Miss Dell
Ronald Schabel as Leo Carstairs
George Lessey as Elias Pratt
Ronald Colman as Lodyard

References

^ Koszarski p. 71
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Handcuffs or Kisses? at silentera.com
^ "Reviews: Handcuffs or Kisses". Exhibitors Herald. 13 (17). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 69. October 22, 1921.

Bibliography

Richard Koszarski. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

External links

Handcuffs or Kisses at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] Koszarski p. 71

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Handcuffs or Kisses? at silentera.com

[3] "Reviews: Handcuffs or Kisses". Exhibitors Herald. 13 (17). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 69. October 22, 1921.

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