# Beauty in Chains

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{{short description|1918 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{infobox film
| name           = Beauty in Chains
| image          = Beauty in Chains.png
| caption        = ''Motion Picture Weekly'' ad
| director       = [Elsie Jane Wilson](/source/Elsie_Jane_Wilson)
| producer       = [Universal](/source/Universal_Film_Manufacturing_Company)
| writer         = [Elliott J. Clawson](/source/Elliott_J._Clawson)
| based_on       = {{basedon|''[Doña Perfecta](/source/Do%C3%B1a_Perfecta)''|[Benito Pérez Galdós](/source/Benito_P%C3%A9rez_Gald%C3%B3s)}}
| starring       = [Ella Hall](/source/Ella_Hall){{break}}[Emory Johnson](/source/Emory_Johnson)
| cinematography = [Alfred Gosden](/source/Alfred_Gosden)
| distributor    = [Universal Film Manufacturing Company](/source/Universal_Film_Manufacturing_Company)
| released       = {{film date|1918|03|11}}
| runtime        = 5 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}

'''''Beauty in Chains''''' is a 1918 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Elsie Jane Wilson](/source/Elsie_Jane_Wilson) based on the novel ''[Doña Perfecta](/source/Do%C3%B1a_Perfecta)'' by [Benito Pérez Galdós](/source/Benito_P%C3%A9rez_Gald%C3%B3s).<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BeautyInChains1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Beauty in Chains''] at silentera.com</ref> The film stars [Ella Hall](/source/Ella_Hall) and [Emory Johnson](/source/Emory_Johnson). The photoplay was released on March 11, 1918, by the [Universal Film Manufacturing Company](/source/Universal_Film_Manufacturing_Company).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/17023-BEAUTY-IN-CHAINS|title=Beauty in Chains|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490821/beauty-in-chains|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328005317/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490821/Beauty-in-Chains/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2019|title=Beauty in Chains|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

==Cast==
:{|
! style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |  Actor
! style="width: 230px; text-align: left;" |  Role
|- style="text-align: left;"
|[Ella Hall](/source/Ella_Hall)||Rosarita
|-
|[Emory Johnson](/source/Emory_Johnson)||Pepe Rey Don Jose
|-
|[Ruby Lafayette](/source/Ruby_Lafayette)||Doña Perfecta
|-
|[Winter Hall](/source/Winter_Hall)||Don Cayetano
|-
|[Gretchen Lederer](/source/Gretchen_Lederer)||Juana Toya
|-
|[Harry Holden](/source/Harry_Holden_(actor))||Licurgo
|-
|Maxfield Stanley||Jacinto
|-
|[George A. McDaniel](/source/George_A._McDaniel)||Caballuco
|-
|William Hakeem||Lt. Pinzon
|-
|}

==Preservation==
With no copies of ''Beauty in Chains'' listed in any film archives,<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3656/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Beauty in Chains'']</ref> it is a [lost film](/source/lost_film).

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Beauty in Chains}}
* {{IMDb title |0008870|Beauty in Chains}}

Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:Films directed by Elsie Jane Wilson
Category:1918 American films
Category:1918 English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films based on works by Benito Pérez Galdós

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