The Broken Gate

{{short description|1920 film directed by Paul Scardon}} {{for|the 1927 remake|The Broken Gate (1927 film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Broken Gate | image = The Broken Gate (1920) - 2.jpg | caption = Advertisement for the film from a 1920 issue of ''Exhibitors Herald'' | director = Paul Scardon<br>Tenny Wright (''assistant director'') | studio = J. L. Frothingham Productions | writer = | based_on = {{based on|''The Broken Gate''|Emerson Hough}} | starring = Bessie Barriscale<br>Joseph Kilgour | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = W. W. Hodkinson Corporation<br>Pathé Exchange | released = {{Film date|1920|12|}} | runtime = 6 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''The Broken Gate''''' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was distributed jointly by W. W. Hodkinson and Pathé Exchange.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/17688-THE-BROKEN-GATE |title=The Broken Gate |work=afi.com |access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast== *Bessie Barriscale as Aurora Lane *Joseph Kilgour as William Henderson *Sam De Grasse as 'Hod' Brooks *Marguerite De La Motte as Anne Oglesby *Arnold Gray as Dieudonne 'Don' Lane (credited as Arnold Gregg) *Lloyd Bacon as John *Evelyn Selbie as Julia Delafield *Alfred Allen as Eph Adamson

==Preservation== With no prints of ''The Broken Gate'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.<ref name="American Silent Feature Film Database">{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4013/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: ''The Broken Gate'' |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|The Broken Gate (1920 film)}} *{{IMDb title|0012003|The Broken Gate}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broken Gate, The}} Category:1920 films Category:American silent feature films Category:Films directed by Paul Scardon Category:Films based on American novels Category:Pathé Exchange films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1920 drama films Category:Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation Category:1920 lost films Category:1920 American films Category:1920 English-language films Category:English-language drama films Category:Lost American silent drama films