Handcuffs or Kisses
Also known as Handcuffs and Kisses in the United Kingdom
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by George Archainbaud
Cast: Elaine Hammerstein [Lois Walton], Julia Swayne Gordon [Mrs. Walton], Dorothy Chappell [Violet], Robert Ellis [Peter Madison], Alison Skipworth [Miss Strodd], Florence Billings [Miss Dell], Ronald Schabel [Leo Carstairs], George Lessey [Elias Pratt], Ronald Colman [Lodyard]
Lewis J. Selznick Pictures Company production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Lewis J. Selznick. Scenario by Lewis Allen Browne, from the short story “Handcuffs and Kisses” by Thomas Edgelow. Cinematography by Jules Cronjager. Presented by Lewis J. Selznick. / Released 5 September 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Colman’s first Hollywood film. The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1922.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Prisons
Listing updated: 26 January 2025.
References: Lahue-Gentlemen p. 61; Quirk-Colman pp. 15, 33-34; Robertson-British p. 186; Smith-Colman pp. 8, 17-18, 151 : Website-IMDb.
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