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The Broken Gate (1920)

1920-12-01 · EN
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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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Paul ScardonDirector

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Bessie BarriscaleBessie BarriscaleAurora LaneJoseph KilgourJoseph KilgourWilliam HendersonSam De GrasseSam De Grasse'Hod' BrooksMarguerite De La MotteMarguerite De La MotteAnne OglesbyArnold GrayArnold GrayDieudonne 'Don' Lane (as Arnold Gregg)Lloyd BaconLloyd BaconJohnEvelyn SelbieEvelyn SelbieJulia DelafieldAlfred AllenAlfred AllenEph Adamson

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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.