Traffic in Souls (1913)

19131h 28mdir. George Loane TuckerUnited Statescrime filmsilent film

With Ethel Grandin, Matt Moore, William Welsh, Charles Green, Haystacks Calhoun, George Loane Tucker, Walter Long, Jane Gail

Directed by George Loane Tucker

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Traffic in Souls (also released as While New York Sleeps) is a 1913 American silent crime drama film focusing on forced prostitution (white slavery) in the United States. Directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner, and Matt Moore, Traffic in Souls is an early example of the narrative style in American films. The film consists of six reels, which was longer than most American films of the era.

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