Product Details

• Actors: Edward Boring, William Burbridge, William Calhoun, William Cavanaugh, Howard Crampton
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kino Video
• VHS Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303507646
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,932 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkably Good 1913 Feature Film!, July 15, 2004

By	Barbara Burkowsky (Manly, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I'm very glad I came across "Traffic in Souls" because I thoroughly enjoyed it and was surprised how very good and entertaining such an early feature film could be. Not only is it an excellent crime drama in itself, it has special significance for its adventurous exposure of the real-life crime problem at that time, namely white slave traffic. The film depicts the various ways in which innocent young women were tricked and abducted, then held captive in a "den of iniquity" for the slavery market. Emigrants arriving in New York were targeted, as were naive women from the country, and even a shop assistant who falls victim to the charms of one of the operators. Another true-to-life aspect emphasized in this film is that the "man higher up" in the racket is a prominent and honorable member of society who pretends to be taking the lead in ridding the city of white slave trafficking. The film also gives us a closer, more personal look into the lives of the two families involved, making it much more than just a crime story about the cops getting the bad guys in the end. Another fascinating aspect, I found, was the means by which the main members of the operation where ultimately convicted, namely by recording their conversations with the latest technology of the time; the phonograph recording. Futhermore, the film quality is very good throughout, and the new piano musical score by Philip Carli is also excellent, making this a really worth while film to add to any good movie collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Think a 1913 Version of TAKEN..., March 20, 2009

By	Eddie "Classics Old & New" (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Traffic in Souls (Enhanced) 1913 (DVD)

It was 1913, the Turn of the Century, and America was in turmoil. Have you seen Taken? If you have than all I have to say is that this movie is a 1913 version of that movie.

The plots are exactly the same...Even the underlying plot is the same...The ending's are identicle.

"White Slavers" operating in New York City entrap young girls that are still too innocent to understand the workings of this Notorious city. The film focuses on two girls (one good & one bad) and their family's search for them. Utlimately they find the girls and those responsible and those responsible are not who you would think. Add this movie to your collection but beware, it is a Silent Film so you may want to watch it to your favorite CD or a good Pandora Internet Radio mix.

I don't want to give away any of the details but when I say that this movie was the foundation for Taken, I am saying that they copied it from Traffic in Souls (Enhanced) 1913 and added some awsome action sequences. For Silent Films, this is one of the best and if you are into early documentaries you should also check out, Dealers in Death (Enhanced) 1935, Freaks, as well as anything by Sergei Eisenstein or Leni Riefenstahl Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl (Subtitled Edition) 1934.