
The story is of Angelina Allende, who is left an orphan by the suicide of her father, a real-estate visionary who has beggared not only himself but his friends in a vain attempt to "boom" the deserted hamlet of Anne's Bridge. Receiving news of his death, Angelina returns home, where she is presently inveigled into a trip to New York by two men, one of whom wants the property and the other of whom wants Angelina.

Robert W. Chambers, Garfield Thompson
United States

In the pantheon of silent cinema, few figures command the screen with the ethereal gravitas of Alice Joyce. In The Fettered Woman (1917), directed by Tom Terriss and penned by the prolific Robert W. Chambers, we find a narrative that transcends the melodramatic tropes of its era to offer a searing critique of social fr...


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"In the pantheon of silent cinema, few figures command the screen with the ethereal gravitas of Alice Joyce. In The Fettered Woman (1917), directed by Tom Terriss and penned by the prolific Robert W. Chambers, we find a narrative that transcends the melodramatic tropes of its era to offer a searing critique of social fragility and the capricious nature of justice. This is not merely a story of a woman in peril; it is a cinematic exploration of the 'boom and bust' psychology that defined early 20t..."


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