The Breaking Point (1924 film)

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The Breaking Point
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Directed by Herbert Brenon
Screenplay byEdfrid A. Bingham
Julie Herne
Based onThe Breaking Point
1922 novel
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Starring Nita Naldi
Patsy Ruth Miller
George Fawcett
Matt Moore
John Merkyl
Theodore von Eltz
Edythe Chapman
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 4, 1924 (1924-05-04)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Breaking Point is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by Edfrid A. Bingham and Julie Herne. The film, based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Mary Roberts Rinehart, stars Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett, Matt Moore, John Merkyl, Theodore von Eltz, and Edythe Chapman. [1] The film was released on May 4, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] believing that he has killed the husband of Beverly Carlysle, an actress with whom he is infatuated, Judson Clark flees from the darkness of a ranch house in a western town into a snowstorm, is taken ill, and loses his memory. As Richard Livingstone, physician, he succeeds in New York City and becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. Ten years later while at a theater show, he is recognized from the stage by Beverly, who had thought her husband's killer had perished in the snow. He is taken to face justice back in Wyoming. There the real culprit confesses to the killing of Beverly's spouse. Judson finds happiness with Elizabeth.

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Preservation

A complete copy of The Breaking Point is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Breaking Point at silentera.com
  2. "The Breaking Point". afi.com. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. Pardy, George T. (April 26, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Breaking Point". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 35–36. Retrieved November 17, 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 21, c.1978 by American Film Institute
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Breaking Point