Our hero's fiancée, who has broken off their engagement, agrees to make a trip around the world, starting absolutely naked, without money or help of any sort from others in order to prove his worth to her..
Frank Leon Smith
United States
Venturing into the annals of cinematic history, one occasionally unearths a narrative so utterly audacious, so profoundly peculiar, that it defies easy categorization. Frank Leon Smith's 'Bound and Gagged' (1919) is precisely such a curio, a film that, even a century later, retains its capacity to shock, ...
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George B. Seitz
George B. Seitz
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" Venturing into the annals of cinematic history, one occasionally unearths a narrative so utterly audacious, so profoundly peculiar, that it defies easy categorization. Frank Leon Smith's 'Bound and Gagged' (1919) is precisely such a curio, a film that, even a century later, retains its capacity to shock, provoke, and perhaps, even inspire. It is not merely a story; it is a conceptual gauntlet, a philosophical experiment masquerading as a grand adventure, demanding an almost unbelie..."
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