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The Broken Gate (1927)
Directed by James C. McKay
Overview
In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he’s the father. Shunned as a “sinful” woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she’s his “aunt”. Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
Gibson Gowland | Vera Lewis | Jean Arthur | Phillips Smalley | William Collier Jr. | Charles A. Post | Adele Watson | Jack McDonald | Caroline Rankin | Florence Turner | Charles Thurston | Dorothy Phillips