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Broken Barriers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Reginald Barker released in USA on 18 august 1924 with James Kirkwood Sr.

Broken Barriers (1924)

Broken Barriers
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Released in USA 18 august 1924
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

Broken Barriers is a 1924 American silent film starring James Kirkwood, Norma Shearer, and Adolphe Menjou. It was directed by Reginald Barker. The film was based upon the novel of the same name by Meredith Nicholson. The film's status is currently unknown.



^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.

^ Broken Barriers at the silentera.com database

Synopsis

Grace Durland (Shearer) 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 (Kirkwood) who is married. 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 is injured in a car accident.

Actors

James Kirkwood Sr.

(Ward Trenton)Norma Shearer

(Grace Durland)Adolphe Menjou

(Tommy Kemp)Mae Busch

(Irene Kirby)George Fawcett

(Mr. Durland)
And :
Robert Agnew
Ruth Stonehouse
Margaret McWade
Robert Frazer
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