Breaking Into Society

{{short description|1923 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Breaking Into Society | image = | caption = | director = Hunt Stromberg | producer = Hunt Stromberg | writer = Hunt Stromberg | starring = Carrie Clark Ward<br>Bull Montana<br>Kalla Pasha | music = | editing = | cinematography = Irving Reis | studio = Hunt Stromberg Productions | distributor = Film Booking Offices of America | released = {{film date|1923|09|30}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Breaking Into Society''''' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Hunt Stromberg and starring Carrie Clark Ward, Bull Montana, and Kalla Pasha.<ref>Munden p. 83</ref>

==Plot== As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: ''The Lullaby'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=10 |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=26 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n631/mode/1up |accessdate=26 July 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> the O'Toole's of Tin Can Alley inherit a great fortune. Determined to achieve a position in society, they settle Pasadena and entertain there in a lavish scale. However, their manners and disposition to rush matters get them into various scrapes. The final touch comes when a boxer and his bride from Chatham Square, an old pal of Tim O'Toole from the Alley days, without waiting for an invitation, pays the family a visit. A lurid time results, as stories of former fights are related and profusely illustrated, and all table rules are ruthlessly smashed. Finally, the horrified guests make a hasty getaway.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Carrie Clark Ward as Mrs. Pat O'Toole * Bull Montana as Tim O'Toole * Kalla Pasha as Pat O'Toole * Francis Trebaol as Marty O'Toole * Florence Gilbert as Yvonne * Leo White as A Barber * Tiny Sandford as A Chiropractor * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Wealthy Man * Charles Reisner as Pittsburgh Kid * Gertrude Short as Sally }}

==Preservation== With no prints of ''Breaking Into Society'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3953/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Breaking Into Society'']</ref>

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

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0013889}}

Category:1923 films Category:1923 comedy films Category:Films directed by Hunt Stromberg Category:American silent feature films Category:1923 American films Category:1923 lost films Category:1923 English-language films Category:Film Booking Offices of America films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Lost American silent comedy films