Broken Barriers
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| Broken Barriers | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Barker |
| Written by | Sada Cowan Howard Higgin |
| Starring | James Kirkwood Norma Shearer Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Percy Hilburn |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn |
| Release date(s) | August 3, 1924 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Broken Barriers is a 1924 silent film starring James Kirkwood, Norma Shearer, and Adolphe Menjou. It was directed by Reginald Barker. The film was based upon a novel by Meredith M. Nicholson.[1]
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[edit] Plot
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Grace Durland 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. 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 suffers a car accident.
[edit] 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
