Broken Barriers (1924 film)

Broken Barriers is a 1924 American silent drama film starring James Kirkwood, Norma Shearer, and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by Reginald Barker, the film is based upon the novel of the same name by Meredith Nicholson.^[1][2]

Broken Barriers
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Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	Sada Cowan Howard Higgin
Based on	Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson
Starring	James Kirkwood Norma Shearer Adolphe Menjou
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn (*French)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 3, 1924 (1924-08-03) (United States)
Running time	60 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

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.

Cast

• James Kirkwood as Ward Trenton
• Norma Shearer as Grace Durland
• Adolphe Menjou as Tommy Kemp
• Mae Busch as Irene Kirby
• George Fawcett as Mr. Durland
• Margaret McWade as Mrs. Durland
• Robert Agnew as Bobbie Durland
• Ruth Stonehouse as Ethel Durland
• Robert Frazer as John Moore
• Winifred Bryson as Mrs. Ward Trenton
• Vera Reynolds as Sadie Denton
• Edythe Chapman as Beulah Reynolds
• George Kuwa as Chang

Preservation

With no copies of Broken Barriers located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.