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Broken Fetters

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Broken Fetters
Directed byRex Ingram
Written byRex Ingram
StarringKittens Reichert
Violet Mersereau
Charles Francis
Earl Simmons
CinematographyStanley Sinclair
Production
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Distributed byBluebird Photoplays
Release date
  • July 3, 1916 (1916-07-03)
Running time
5 reels (approximately 50 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Broken Fetters is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram. Violet Mersereau played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where Universal Studios and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3]

Production

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Broken Fetters was produced by Bluebird Photoplays, one of the three brands of motion pictures then being released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[4]: 13 [5]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
  2. ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  3. ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
  4. ^ Hirschhorn, Clive (1985) [1983]. The Universal Story. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-7064-1873-5.
  5. ^ "Bluebird Photoplays, Inc". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
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