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The Broken Violin
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)

Cast: Joseph Burke [Jeremy Ellsworth], Warren Cook [Thomas Kitterly], Henry Sedley [James Gault], Sydney Deane [Doctor Mason], Reed Howes [John Ellsworth], Dorothy Mackaill [Constance Morley], Rita Rogan [Beatrice Ellsworth], J.H. Lewis [Jules Davega], Zena Keefe [the governess], Gladden James [Phil Carter, also known as Floyd Watson], Edward Roseman [‘a half-wit’]

Atlantic Features, Incorporated, production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by Arrow Film Corporation. / Scenario by L. Case Russell, from a screen story by George Rogan. Cinematography by Georges Peters. / © 26 May 1923 by Atlantic Features, Incorporated [LP19006]. Released 10 May 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 May 2012.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 158 : Website-AFI.