The Broken Gate
Released: February 15, 1927Runtime: 60 min
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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Dorothy Phillips
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William Collier Jr
as Don Lane
Jean Arthur
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Phillips Smalley
as Judge Lucius Henderson
Florence Turner
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Gibson Gowland
as Ephraim Adamson
Charles A Post
as Johnny Adamson
Caroline Rankin
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Vera Lewis
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Jack Mcdonald
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