Broadway Broke

Broadway Broke is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Mary Carr, Percy Marmont, and Gladys Leslie.^[1][2] A struggling former Broadway actress tries to restart her career by turning to playwriting.

Broadway Broke
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Written by	John Lynch
Based on	"Broadway Broke" by Earl Derr Biggers
Produced by	Murray W. Garsson
Starring	Mary Carr Percy Marmont Gladys Leslie
Cinematography	Bert Dawley
Production company	Murray W. Garsson Productions
Distributed by	Selznick Distributing Corporation
Release date	October 27, 1923 (1923-10-27)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Mary Carr as Nellie Wayne
• Percy Marmont as Tom Kerrigan
• Gladys Leslie as Mary Karger
• Dore Davidson as Lou Gormam
• Macklyn Arbuckle as P.T. Barnum
• Macey Harlam as Claude Benson
• Edward Earle as Charles Farrin
• Pierre Gendron as Jack Graham
• Billy Quirk as Joe Karger
• Henrietta Crosman as Madge Foster
• Sally Crute as Augusta Karger
• Leslie King as Mark Twain
• Albert Phillips as General Grant
• Frederick Burton as Augustin Daly

Preservation

• No prints survive which makes this a lost film.^[3]