Broken Hearts of Hollywood

Broken Hearts of Hollywood
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Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay by	Raymond L. Schrock Edward Clark Graham Baker (scenario)
Starring	Patsy Ruth Miller Louise Dresser Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 14, 1926 (1926-09-14)
Running time	80 minutes (8 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

Broken Hearts of Hollywood is a 1926 American synchronized sound comedy drama film released by Warner Bros. It is the second feature- length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. The film is directed by Lloyd Bacon. ^[1] A print of the film exists. ^[2]

Plot

Virginia Perry leaves her husband and child to return to Hollywood; but having dissipated her beauty and seeking solace in drink, she soon finds herself another "has been" on the fringe of movie circles. Her daughter, Betty Anne, wins a national beauty contest, and en route to Hollywood she meets Hal, another contest winner. Both fail in their first screen attempts and turn to Marshall, an unscrupulous trickster, who enrols them in his acting school. Molly, a movie extra, induces Betty Anne to attend a wild party, where she is arrested in a raid, and Hal, to raise the money for her bail, takes a "stunt" job in which he is badly hurt. Betty Anne seeks the aid of star actor McLain, who obtains for her the leading female role in his next film. Virginia, who is cast as her mother, keeps silent about their relationship until the film is completed. Apprehensive for her daughter's safety, she shoots Marshall while in a drunken stupor and is arrested. At the trial, Betty Anne's testimony saves her mother, who is then happily united with her daughter and Hal.

Cast

• Patsy Ruth Miller as Betty Anne Bolton
• Louise Dresser as Virginia Perry
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Hal Terwilliger
• Jerry Miley as Marshall
• Stuart Holmes as McLain
• Barbara Worth as Molly
• Dick Sutherland as the Sheriff
• Emile Chautard as the Director
• Anders Randolf as the District Attorney
• George Nichols as the Chief of Detectives
• Sam de Grasse as the Defense Attorney
• Dolores Corrigan as Betty Anne Bolton as a Child (uncredited)

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. talking features

Preservation

A print of Broken Hearts of Hollywood is preserved in the George Eastman House and Filmmuseum Amsterdam. ^[3]

References

Notes

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broken Hearts of Hollywood
2. Progressive Silent Film List: Broken Hearts of Hollywood at silentera.com
3. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broken Hearts of Hollywood

External links

• Broken Hearts of Hollywood at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Broken Hearts of Hollywood at IMDb
• Broken Hearts of Hollywood at the TCM Movie Database