Eugène Brieux
Writing
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A socialite couple thinks only of themselves. When they become bored with one another, they divorce and marry others (several times). The person who suffers most from their cavalier outlook on life is their cute little daughter Mary Jane Irving.
The Cradle

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
Damaged Lives

"Damaged Goods" pictures the terrible consequences of vice and the physical ruin that follows the abuse of moral law. It is a stirring plea for a pure life before marriage, in order to make impossible the transmission of hereditary traits to future generations.
Damaged Goods

A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
Damaged Goods
Blanchette, whose parents have sacrificed to give her an education, has received her teaching diploma, but is unable to find work. A dispute with her father leads to her being throw out of the house, and she goes to Paris to look for work.
Blanchette

A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
Damaged Goods

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Die Geisel der Menschheit
Mr. de Sergeac surprised his wife in company of a friend and killed her. 15 years later, his daughter Simone, still ignorant of the drama, is engaged to be married with Michel Mignier. The family of the groom learns about it and eventually, so does Simone. Mr. de Sergeac, ashamed of the scandal, decides to go away, but the two lovers talk him into staying with them.