Open Your Eyes (1919 film)

Open Your Eyes
Advertising for Open Your Eye from Duluth Herald (January 28, 1922).
Directed byGilbert P. Hamilton
Written byC.B. Minty
Sam Warner
StarringFaire Binney
Mrs. Joupert
Jack Hopkins
Halbert Brown
Eddie Beryll
Emily Marceau
Viola Allen
Ben Lyon
Gaston Glass
Production
companies
State Health Films Inc.
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 1919 (1919-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Still with scene from the film.

Open Your Eyes is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton, and starring Faire Binney, Mrs. Joupert, Jack Hopkins, Halbert Brown, Eddie Beryll, Emily Marceau, Viola Allen, Ben Lyon, and Gaston Glass. Intended to warn about venereal disease and shot in The Bronx in 1917,[1] the film was given a general release by Warner Bros. in May 1919.[2][3][4] Jack L. Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros., has a cameo appearance as a World War I soldier.

Plot

Cast

Reception

As a sex hygiene film, Open Your Eyes was subject to censorship restrictions and often was shown as an adults only film, but continued to be shown as an exploitation film. In 1927, the New Jersey branch of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America warned theaters not to show this "salacious and risqué" film, citing common decency and the risk that it would bring calls for censorship.[5]

Preservation

A print of the film reportedly survives in a foreign archive.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Open Your Eyes
  2. ^ "Open Your Eyes". afi.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Open Your Eyes". AllMovie. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Open Your Eyes". TCM.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Indecent Films Draw Warning from N.J. Pres.: Questionable Pictures Being Made — Bring Censoring Troubles". Variety. 88 (4). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 5 August 10, 1927. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  6. ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Open Your Eyes
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