Broken Barriers (1924 film)

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]

Broken Barriers
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Directed byReginald Barker
Written bySada Cowan
Howard Higgin
Based onBroken Barriers
by Meredith Nicholson
StarringJames Kirkwood
Norma Shearer
Adolphe Menjou
CinematographyPercy Hilburn (*French)
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • August 3, 1924 (1924-08-03) (United States)
Running time
60 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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

Preservation

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

References

  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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