Broken Barriers (1924 film)

Broken Barriers
Broken Barriers
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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-Mayer
Release date	August 3, 1924 (United States);
Running time	60 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Broken Barriers is a 1924 American silent drama 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]^[2]

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 as Ward Trenton
Norma Shearer as Grace Durland
Adolphe Menjou as Tommy Kemp
Mae Busch as Irene Kirby
George Fawcett as Mr. Durland
Margaret McWade as Mrs. Durland
Robert Agnew as Bobbie Durland
Ruth Stonehouse as Ethel Durland
Robert Frazer as John Moore
Winifred Bryson as Mrs. Ward Trenton
Vera Reynolds as Sadie Denton
Edythe Chapman as Beulah Reynolds
George Kuwa as Chang

Preservation

With no copies of Broken Barriers located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

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.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Broken Barriers at the silentera.com database
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Broken Barriers

External links

Broken Barriers at IMDb
Broken Barriers at AllMovie

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[1] 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.

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Broken Barriers at the silentera.com database

[3] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Broken Barriers

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