A Broadway Scandal
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A Broadway Scandal is a 1918 American silent romantic drama film directed by Joe De Grasse that features Carmel Myers, Lon Chaney and Edwin August.[1] The screenplay was written by Harvey Gates. This would be Lon Chaney's last film for director Joe De Grasse, ending a multiyear collaboration between the two men.[2] The film's tagline was "Engagement Extraordinary! An Amazing Romance of a French Girl in New York". It is today considered to be a lost film. A still exists showing Lon Chaney as Kink Colby, together with the other main players in the shot.[3]
A Broadway Scandal | |
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Directed by | Joe De Grasse |
Written by | Harvey Gates |
Produced by | Bluebird Photoplays |
Starring | Lon Chaney Carmel Myers Edwin August |
Cinematography | Edward Ullman |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 5 reels (50 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Like many American films of the time, A Broadway Scandal was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 2, the shooting of a motorcycle policeman.[4]