The Broken Melody is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Eugene O'Brien, Lucy Cotton and Corinne Barker.[1] Location shooting for the film was done in Greenwich Village in New York City.[2]
| The Broken Melody | |
|---|---|
_-_6.jpg) Ad for the film from a 1919 issue of Exhibitors Herald | |
| Directed by | William P.S. Earle |
| Written by | Ouida Bergère Dorothy Farnum |
| Produced by | Lewis J. Selznick |
| Starring | Eugene O'Brien Lucy Cotton Corinne Barker |
| Cinematography | John W. Brown |
| Edited by | W. Duncan Mansfield |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Select Pictures Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot edit
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Cast edit
- Eugene O'Brien as Stewart Grant
- Lucy Cotton as Hedda Dana
- Corinne Barker as Mrs. Drexel Trask
- Donald Hall as Howard Thornby
- Ivo Dawson as Leroy Clemons
- Gus Weinberg as Ivan
Preservation edit
With no prints of The Broken Melody located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3] In October of 2019, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[2]
References edit
- ^ Connelly p.327
- ^ a b "The Broken Melody". afi.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Broken Melody". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
Bibliography edit
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- 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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