The Broken Gate
Directed by James C. McKay
Plot
In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
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Cast
Dorothy Phillips
Aurora Lane
William Collier Jr.
Don Lane
Jean Arthur
Ruth Hale
Phillips Smalley
Judge Lucius Henderson
Florence Turner
Miss Julia
Gibson Gowland
Ephraim Adamson
Charles A. Post
Johnny Adamson
Caroline Rankin
Mrs. Ephraim Adamson
Vera Lewis
Invalid
Jack McDonald
Sheriff Dan Cummins
Charles Thurston
Constable Joe Tarbush
Adele Watson
Gossip