''Broken Threads'' is a 1917
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silent drama film
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directed by
Henry Edwards and starring Edwards,
Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
and
A.V. Bramble
Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English actor and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1914 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 1963.
Backgrou ...
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Cast
* Henry Edwards as Jack Desmond
* Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...
as Helen Desmond
* A.V. Bramble
Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English actor and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1914 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 1963.
Backgrou ...
as Pierre
* Harry Gilbey as Murray
* Gwynne Herbert
Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress.
Partial filmography
* ''Liberty Hall'' (1914)
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915)
* '' The Shulamite'' (1915)
* ''Annie La ...
as housekeeper
* W.G. Saunders as Boniface
* Fred Johnson as Helen's Stepfather
* John MacAndrews
John MacAndrews was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913)
* ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914)
* ''The Chimes'' (1914)
* '' For Her People'' (1914)
* '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915)
* ...
as Confederate
References
External links
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1917 films
1917 drama films
Films directed by Henry Edwards
Films based on short fiction
British silent feature films
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
1910s British films
Silent British drama films
English-language drama films
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