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Broken Chains (1922)

Broken Chains poster
Directed by
Allen Holubar
Genre
Western film, silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A romantic plot unfolds as a man and a woman from different backgrounds get involved in each other's lives. Silent film acting and intertitles carry the story without spoken dialogue.

melodramaticsilent-erasentimentalromanticold-fashioneddatedearnestrestrained

What happens

Broken Chains is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Allen Holubar. Starring Colleen Moore, Malcolm McGregor, and Ernest Torrence, it was based on the winning story from a scenario contest held by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and the Chicago Daily News. A print of Broken Chains is preserved at the George Eastman Museum archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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