''The Broken Melody'' is a 1919 American silent

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directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Eugene O'Brien,

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and

Corinne Barker Corinne Barker (née Riely; June 5, 1890 – August 6, 1928) was an American actress and costume designer who came to prominence during the silent era, specifically for her roles in several Vitagraph films. She also appeared in several Broadwa ...

.Connelly p.327 Location shooting for the film was done in

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Plot

Cast

* Eugene O'Brien as Stewart Grant *

as Hedda Dana *

as Mrs. Drexel Trask *

Donald Hall Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and inc ...

as Howard Thornby *

Ivo Dawson Ivo Dawson (13 December 1879 - 7 March 1934) was a British actor. Dawson was born in Rutland, England, UK and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, age 54. Selected filmography * '' The Miracle of Love'' (1919) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1919) * ...

as Leroy Clemons *

Gus Weinberg Gus C. Weinberg (c. 1865 – August 11, 1952) was an actor, writer, and composer who appeared in early-twentieth-century American films. He also had theatrical roles during his career. Weinberg lived in Milwaukee but traveled widely, appearing in s ...

as Ivan

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Broken Melody'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

. In October 2019, the film was cited by the

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on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 lost films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by William P. S. Earle Selznick Pictures films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-US-film-stub