| Human Wreckage | |
|---|---|
 1923 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | John Griffith Wray |
| Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan Dorothy Davenport (uncredited) |
| Story by | Will Lambert |
| Produced by | Dorothy Davenport Thomas Ince |
| Starring | Dorothy Davenport Bessie Love James Kirkwood, Sr. |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Human Wreckage is a 1923 American independent silent drama[1] propaganda film[2] that starred Dorothy Davenport and featured James Kirkwood, Sr., Bessie Love, and Lucille Ricksen. The film was co-produced by Davenport and Thomas H. Ince and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, with a premiere on June 17, 1923.[3] No print of this film is known to exist today, and it is considered a lost film.[4]
Davenport's husband Wallace Reid was addicted to morphine, which had been prescribed to him after an injury.[5] The film portrayed the dangers of drug addiction and was shown across the country by Davenport herself, billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid, in an early example of what would later be called a roadshow engagement.
- ^ "Human Wreckage 1923)". American Film Institute.
- ^ Garza, Janiss. "Human Wreckage (1923)". AllMovie.
- ^ Internet Movie Database release info
- ^ Bennett, Carl (October 30, 2011). "Progressive Silent Film List: Human Wreckage". Silent Era.
- ^ Brownlow, Kevin (1979). Hollywood: The Pioneers. p. 117. ISBN 0-394-50851-3.