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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 film of the era.
A copy of Traffic in Souls is preserved at the Library of Congress and the Film Preservation Associates. In 2006, the film was added to the National Film Registry for preservation in the Library of Congress because it "presaged the Hollywood narrative film" and drew attention through its riveting depiction of the methods used to entrap young women into prostitution.
Original Release
11/24/1913
US Release
11/24/1913
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Gail | Mary Barton |
Ethel Grandin | Lorna Barton |
William H. Turner | The Invalid Inventor - Mary's Father / Isaac Barton |
Matt Moore | Officer Burke - Officer 4434 / Officer Larry Burke |
William Welsh | William Trubus |
Millie Liston | Mrs. William Trubus / Mrs. Trubus |
Irene Wallace | Alice Trubus - Daughter / Alice Trubus |
William Cavanaugh | Bill Bradshaw |
Arthur Hunter | The Cadet / Procurer |
Howard Crampton | The Go-Between |
Directors
Writers
George Loane Tucker, Walter MacNamara
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Gail | Mary Barton |
Ethel Grandin | Lorna Barton |
William H. Turner | The Invalid Inventor - Mary's Father / Isaac Barton |
Matt Moore | Officer Burke - Officer 4434 / Officer Larry Burke |
William Welsh | William Trubus |
Millie Liston | Mrs. William Trubus / Mrs. Trubus |
Irene Wallace | Alice Trubus - Daughter / Alice Trubus |
William Cavanaugh | Bill Bradshaw |
Arthur Hunter | The Cadet / Procurer |
Howard Crampton | The Go-Between |
W.H. Bainbridge | 'Respectable' Smith / Mr. Smith |
Luray Huntley | A Country Girl / Emigrant girl |
William Powers | The Emigrant Girls' Brother / Emigrant girl's brother |
Jack Poulton | R.C. Cadet |
Edward Boring | Swedish Cadet |
Charles Green | Butler |
William Calhoun | Mr. Kopfman |
Arthur Stein | Bobby Kopfman |
Sarah McVicker | Mrs. Kopfman |
Flora Nason | Swedish Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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King Baggot | Executive Producer |
Herbert Brenon | Executive Producer |
William Robert Daly | Executive Producer |
Carl Laemmle | Executive Producer |
Walter MacNamara | Producer |
Jack Cohn | Producer |