在这部砸碎的脚镣剧情/喜剧/爱情片中,Broken Fetters is a 1916 American silent comedy written and directed by Rex Ingram. Violet Mersereau played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where Universal Studios and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century.
An American diplomat in China is murdered, and a wealthy Chinese friend of the family raises Mignon, his daughter. When she grows up she wants to return to the US and is tricked into accompanying Foo Shai, a slave trader, to New York. Once there, however, Foo Shai keeps her captive and abuses her. A local artist, Lawrence, falls in love with her, but cannot free her from Foo Shai's clutches. It is up to Chang, a friend of the girl's, to try to help her.
