Shackles of Gold

{{short description|1922 film by Herbert Brenon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Shackles of Gold | image = Shackles of Gold (1922) - a.jpg | caption = Newspaper advertisement | director = Herbert Brenon | producer = | writer = Paul Sloane | based_on = {{basedon|''Samson''|Henri Bernstein}} | starring = William Farnum<br>Alfred Loring<br>Marie Shotwell | music = | cinematography = Tom Malloy | editing = | studio = Fox Film Corporation | distributor = Fox Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1922|04|20}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Shackles of Gold''''' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring William Farnum, Alfred Loring, and Marie Shotwell. It is an adaptation of the 1908 play ''Samson'' by Henri Bernstein with the setting moved from France to America.<ref>Goble p. 38.</ref> The screenplay involves a woman from an aristocratic but poor family who is pressured by her relatives to marry a wealthy financier.

==Plot== As described in a film magazine,<ref name="Herald">{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''Shackles of Gold'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=14 |issue=21 |page=66 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=May 20, 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald14exhi}}</ref> John Gibbs (Farnum) is a dock laborer but rises to wealth by speculation in the oil market. He marries Marie (Bonillas), the daughter of Charles Van Dusen (Loring), but she consented to the marriage solely because the family fortune was depleted and to maintain their social standing. John bears this quietly until he learns that his wife has gone to a cabaret with another man. John turns on his former friend, Donald Valentine (Griffin), and, while breaking him becomes, ruins himself. However, through the strange workings of the human mind, he wins the love of his wife.

==Cast== * William Farnum as John Gibbs * Alfred Loring as Charles Van Dusen * Marie Shotwell as Mrs. Van Dusen * Myrta Bonillas as Marie, Their Daughter * Wallace Ray as Harry, Their Son * Carlton Griffin as Donald Valentine * Ellen Cassidy as Elsie Chandler * Henry Carvill as William Hoyt

== Censorship == Before ''Shackles of Gold'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of people drinking during a party, drunken men, a woman on a table, women sitting on men's laps, a woman on a piano with the pianists hands on her ankles, and Marie struggling against the advances of a man.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:shackels%20of%20gold/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>

== References == <references/>

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. '' The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

==External links== {{commons category|Shackles of Gold}} *{{IMDb title|0013591}}

Category:1922 films Category:1922 drama films Category:American silent drama films Category:Fox Film films Category:American silent feature films Category:1922 English-language films Category:Films directed by Herbert Brenon Category:American films based on plays Category:American black-and-white films Category:1922 American films Category:English-language drama films