# A Soul Enslaved > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Soul_Enslaved > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Soul_Enslaved.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Soul_Enslaved > Source revision: 1329789063 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1916 silent film directed by Cleo Madison A Soul Enslaved Film still Directed by Cleo Madison Screenplay by Adele Farrington Olga Printzlau Produced by Cleo Madison Starring Cleo Madison Tom Chatterton Lule Warrenton Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company Release date January 24, 1916 (1916-01-24) (U.S.) Running time 5 reels Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***A Soul Enslaved*** is a 1916 American silent [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by actress-turned-director (and suffragist) [Cleo Madison](/source/Cleo_Madison), and written by screenwriters [Adele Farrington](/source/Adele_Farrington) and [Olga Printzlau](/source/Olga_Printzlau). Madison also stars. The [Universal](/source/Universal_Pictures) film is believed to be [lost](/source/Lost_film).[1][2] ## Plot The film—which explores themes of hypocrisy, double standards, and gender norms—features Madison as an activist fighting for better working conditions at her factory job. Madison's character is having an affair with the factory's owner, and she later moves on and marries a man who is unaware of her past. When he discovers that she was previously a "kept woman," he leaves her, only to return after reflecting that he once seduced and abandoned a young woman who committed suicide.[3] ## Cast - [Cleo Madison](/source/Cleo_Madison) as Jane - [Tom Chatterton](/source/Tom_Chatterton) as Richard Newton - [Douglas Gerrard](/source/Douglas_Gerrard) as Paul Kent - [Lule Warrenton](/source/Lule_Warrenton) as Jane's Mother - [Patricia Palmer](/source/Patricia_Palmer) as Nellie - [Alfred Allen](/source/Alfred_Allen_(actor)) as Ambrose - [Irma Sorter](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irma_Sorter&action=edit&redlink=1) as Young Jane ## Production The film was Madison's directorial feature debut.[4][5] Production was delayed by nearly 10 days after Madison was struck in the eye by a fishing hook in a freak accident. The incident nearly cost her her sight in that eye.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Dixon, Wheeler W. (1999). [*Disaster and Memory: Celebrity Culture and the Crisis of Hollywood Cinema*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bCDwVacqwOcC&q=%22a+soul+enslaved%22+film&pg=PA102). Columbia University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780231113175](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780231113175). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Photoplay Magazine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6v1LAQAAMAAJ&q=%22a+soul+enslaved%22+film&pg=RA3-PA169). Cloud Publishing Company. 1916. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cooper, Mark Garrett (October 1, 2010). [*Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cnfJtYM9JWcC&q=%22a+soul+enslaved%22+%22cleo+madison%22&pg=PA146). University of Illinois Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780252090875](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780252090875). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["1 Nov 1915, Page 8 - The News-Review at Newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/93797094/?terms=%22cleo+madison%22+%22a+soul+enslaved%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved December 29, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1 Mar 1916, Page 11 - The Charlotte News at Newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/61497398/?terms=%22cleo+madison%22+%22a+soul+enslaved%22). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved December 29, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Sink, Alice E. (November 12, 2013). [*On This Day in Piedmont Triad History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gsN_CQAAQBAJ&q=%22a+soul+enslaved%22+%22cleo+madison%22&pg=RA1-PA24). Arcadia Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781625842176](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781625842176). ## External links - [*A Soul Enslaved*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007376/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [A Soul Enslaved](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Soul_Enslaved) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Soul_Enslaved?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.