Her Body in Bond (1918)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1918-06-16
Director: Robert Z. Leonard (1889–1968)
Writers: H. Sheridan Bickers
Language: None | English
Stars: Mae Murray , Mae Murray , Kenneth Harlan , Kenneth Harlan , Alan Roscoe , Alan Roscoe , Joseph W. Girard , Paul Weigel , Maie B. Havey
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Fleur des ruelles (France, French Republic) , The Morals of an Actress (United States of America) , The Eternal Columbine (United States of America) , Em Hasta Pública (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Her Body in Bond , The Heart of an Actress (United Kingdom) , Her Body in Bond (United States of America)
Plot: The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple's income but gradually becomes desperate when letters sent her by her husband request more and more money. Joe's letters actually are being intercepted and rewritten by millionaire Harlan Quinn, who has designs on Peggy and wishes to portray Joe's situation as hopeless. After receiving a particularly alarming letter, Peggy consents to sell her honor to Harlan, but Joe arrives, fully recovered, just as the villain knocks on her door. The two men fight until Peggy's stepfather, a drug addict who has been acting as Harlan's dupe, shoots Quinn. The police arrive and shoot the old man, after which Peggy and Joe begin a new life together.
IMDB:tt0009159