The Broken Gate
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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.
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Cast
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Dorothy Phillips
Aurora Lane
Also in
Broadway Love
The Heart of Humanity
William Collier Jr.
Don Lane
Known for
Little Caesar
Cimarron
James C. McKay
Emerson Hough
James C McKay
Jean Arthur
Ruth Hale
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Jack Natteford
Phillips Smalley
Judge Lucius Henderson
Also in
The Rosary
Fate
Florence Turner
Miss Julia
Known for
College
Gibson Gowland
Ephraim Adamson
Known for
Greed
The Phantom of the Opera
Charles A. Post
Johnny Adamson
Known for
Back Stage
Caroline Rankin
Mrs. Ephraim Adamson
Also in
The Three Must-Get-Theres
Be My Wife
James C. McKay Director · Jack Natteford Writer Emerson Hough Author
United States release February 15, 1927 · Produced in United States
Production
Tiffany Productions
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · February 15, 1927
Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 2, 1928
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