Broken Fetters
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Directed by | Rex Ingram |
Written by | Rex Ingram |
Starring | Kittens Reichert Violet Mersereau Earl Simmons |
Cinematography | Stanley Sinclair |
Production company | Bluebird Photoplays |
Distributed by | Bluebird Photoplays |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels (approximately 50 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Broken Fetters is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram. Violet Mersereau played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where Universal Studios and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3]
Production[]
Broken Fetters was produced by Bluebird Photoplays, one of the three brands of motion pictures then being released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[4]: 13 [5]
Cast[]
- Kittens Reichert as Mignon, as a child
- Violet Mersereau as Mignon, grown up
- as Kong Hee
- Earl Simmons as Bruce King
- Frank Smith as Foo Shai
- William Dyer as The Captain
- Paul Panzer as Carleton Demarest
- as Mrs. Demarest
- William Garwood as Lawrence Demarest
- Paddy Sullivan as Mike
- Guy Morville as The Detective
- Charles Fang as Chang
References[]
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
- ^ Hirschhorn, Clive (1985) [1983]. The Universal Story. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-7064-1873-5.
- ^ "Bluebird Photoplays, Inc". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1916 films
- 1916 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Rex Ingram
- Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Universal Pictures films
- 1910s drama film stubs