Broadway Broke

1923 silent film
  • October 27, 1923 (1923-10-27)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 89
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway Broke at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Broadway Broke

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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