The Fettered Woman

The Fettered Woman
Directed byTom Terriss
Written byGarfield Thompson
Based on
Anne's Bridge
by Robert W. Chambers
StarringAlice Joyce
Webster Campbell
Donald MacBride
CinematographyJoseph Shelderfer
Production
company
Distributed byV-L-S-E
Release date
  • November 5, 1917 (1917-11-05)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Fettered Woman is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alice Joyce, Webster Campbell, and Donald MacBride.[1] It was adapted for the screen by Garfield Thompson from the 1914 novel Anne's Bridge by Robert W. Chambers.[2]

Cast

Production

The film was one of four produced by Vitagraph as part of their "Best Authors" series. The other films were Dead Shot Baker, The Bottom of the Well, and I Will Repay (1917).[2]

Preservation

The Fettered Woman is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]

References

  1. โ†‘ McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 160
  2. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Fettered Woman". afi.com. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  3. โ†‘ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Fettered Woman". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  4. โ†‘ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 19, 2026.

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2