Damaged Goods (1914) is an American silent drama film directed by Tom Ricketts, starring Richard Bennett.
It is based on Eugène Brieux's play Les Avariés (1901) about a young couple who contract syphilis.
A sound film based on the Brieux play, also titled Damaged Goods (1937) was directed by Phil Goldstone, released by Grand National Pictures.
[3] According to a 1915 account, audience demand for the film in Detroit was so great that police were required to control the crowds at the theater.
[3] Damaged Goods was re-released in a "new edition" in 1917, perhaps in response to concerns about the spread of venereal disease among World War I soldiers.