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The Broken Gate

Dec 1, 1920 · 1h 0m
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Drama

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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.

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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
Directed by Paul Scardon

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
J.L. Frothingham Productions
Country
US

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