# The Broken Gate

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{{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](/source/Motion_Picture_Herald)''
| director       = [Paul Scardon](/source/Paul_Scardon)<br>[Tenny Wright](/source/Tenny_Wright) (''assistant director'')
| studio         = [J. L. Frothingham Productions](/source/J._L._Frothingham)
| writer         = 
| based_on       = {{based on|''The Broken Gate''|[Emerson Hough](/source/Emerson_Hough)}}
| starring       = [Bessie Barriscale](/source/Bessie_Barriscale)<br>[Joseph Kilgour](/source/Joseph_Kilgour)
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [W. W. Hodkinson Corporation](/source/W._W._Hodkinson_Corporation)<br>[Pathé Exchange](/source/Path%C3%A9_Exchange)
| released       = {{Film date|1920|12|}}
| runtime        = 6 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
'''''The Broken Gate''''' is a 1920 American silent [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Paul Scardon](/source/Paul_Scardon) and starring [Bessie Barriscale](/source/Bessie_Barriscale). It was distributed jointly by [W. W. Hodkinson](/source/W._W._Hodkinson) and [Pathé Exchange](/source/Path%C3%A9_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](/source/Bessie_Barriscale) as Aurora Lane
*[Joseph Kilgour](/source/Joseph_Kilgour) as William Henderson
*[Sam De Grasse](/source/Sam_De_Grasse) as 'Hod' Brooks
*[Marguerite De La Motte](/source/Marguerite_De_La_Motte) as Anne Oglesby
*Arnold Gray as Dieudonne 'Don' Lane (credited as Arnold Gregg)
*[Lloyd Bacon](/source/Lloyd_Bacon) as John
*[Evelyn Selbie](/source/Evelyn_Selbie) as Julia Delafield
*[Alfred Allen](/source/Alfred_Allen_(actor)) as Eph Adamson

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''The Broken Gate'' located in any film archives, it is considered a [lost film](/source/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>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Paul Scardon}}

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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

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