Broken Barriers (1924 film)
Broken Barriers is a 1924 American silent film starring James Kirkwood, Norma Shearer, and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by Reginald Barker, the film is based upon the novel of the same name by Meredith Nicholson.[1] The film's preservation status is currently unknown.[2]
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| Directed by | Reginald Barker |
| Written by | Sada Cowan Howard Higgin |
| Based on | Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson |
| Starring | James Kirkwood Norma Shearer Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Percy Hilburn (*French) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn |
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Running time | 60 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
Grace Durland (Shearer) is a young debutante who is forced to leave college when her father goes bankrupt. While working for a living, she falls in love with Ward Trenton (Kirkwood) who is married. As she reveals her love for a married man to her family, the reaction is very negative. Ward's evil wife refuses to grant him a divorce. This changes when he is injured in a car accident.
Cast
- James Kirkwood - Ward Trenton
- Norma Shearer - Grace Durland
- Adolphe Menjou - Tommy Kemp
- Mae Busch - Irene Kirby
- George Fawcett - Mr. Durland
- Margaret McWade - Mrs. Durland
- Robert Agnew - Bobbie Durland
- Ruth Stonehouse - Ethel Durland
- Robert Frazer - John Moore
- Winifred Bryson - Mrs. Ward Trenton
- Vera Reynolds - Sadie Denton
- Edythe Chapman - Beulah Reynolds
- George Kuwa - Chang
References
- White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- Broken Barriers at the silentera.com database
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