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Broken Hearts of Hollywood
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Wikipedia article
'Broken Hearts of Hollywood' is a 1926 American comedy-drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. It is unknown, but the film might have been released with a Vitaphone soundtrack.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3082 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Broken Hearts of Hollywood'] A print of the film exists.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BrokenHeartsOfHollywoo1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Broken Hearts of Hollywood'] at silentera.com
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 enrolls them in his acting school. Molly, a movie extra, induces Betty Anne to attend a wild party; 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 status
*The film is preserved in the George Eastman House and Filmmuseum Amsterdam.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1307/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Broken Hearts of Hollywood']
References
'Notes'
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