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The Broken Gate

December 1, 1920

60 minutes

Paul Scardon

Drama

Overview

Aurora Lane (Bessie Barriscale) lives in a small town loaded with small-minded residents. She had an illegitimate child and with the earnings from her millinery shop, she has sent him away to be educated. When Don, her son (Arnold Gregg), returns from college, he finds he has to defend his mother constantly. He is accused of murdering a man who made a snide remark about Aurora and is put on trial.

Movie Details

Release Date

December 1, 1920

Runtime

60 minutes

Director

Paul Scardon

Production Companies

J.L. Frothingham Productions

Cast

Bessie Barriscale

Aurora Lane

Joseph Kilgour

William Henderson

Sam De Grasse

'Hod' Brooks

Marguerite De La Motte

Anne Oglesby

Arnold Gray

Dieudonne 'Don' Lane (as Arnold Gregg)

Lloyd Bacon

John

Evelyn Selbie

Julia Delafield

Alfred Allen

Eph Adamson