Broadway Madness is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Donald Keith, and Betty Hilburn.[1]
| Broadway Madness | |
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| Directed by | Burton L. King |
| Written by | Harry Chandlee |
| Produced by | Samuel Zierler Harry Chandlee |
| Starring | Marguerite De La Motte Donald Keith Betty Hilburn |
| Cinematography | Arthur Reeves |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Excellent Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
A young farmer in upstate New York City becomes obsessed with a Broadway actress due to her radio broadcasts. She later becomes involved in a plot to defraud him of his inheritance, but instead falls in love and confesses everything to him.
Cast edit
- Marguerite De La Motte as Maida Vincent
- Donald Keith as David Ross
- Betty Hilburn as Josie Dare
- Margaret Cloud as Mary Vaughn
- George Cowl as Henry Ableton
- Louis Payne as Jared Ableton
- Robert Dudley as Thomas
- Orral Humphrey as Larry Doyle
- Tom Ricketts as Lawrence Compton
- Alfred Fisher as Ev
- Jack Haley as Radio Announcer
Preservation edit
With no copies listed in any film archives,[2] Broadway Madness is a lost film.
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links edit
- Broadway Madness at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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