Broken Fetters
Encyclopedia
Broken Fetters is a 1916
American
silent
short comedy
written and directed by Rex Ingram
. Violet Mersereau
played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
when Universal Studios
and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
short comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
written and directed by Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram (director)
Rex Ingram was an Irish film director, producer, writer and actor. Legendary director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director."-Early life:...
. Violet Mersereau
Violet Mersereau
Violet Mersereau was an American silent movie star.Her career spanned the years from 1908-1926. She was born in New York, New York and was educated there. As a young girl she played child parts in stock. She toured with Margaret Anglin and had a role in the original company of The Clansman. The...
played the lead role. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345. Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge...
when Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cast
- Kittens ReichertKittens ReichertKittens Reichert was an American child actress in silent films. She was born Catherine Alma Reichert in Yonkers, New York, but was nicknamed "Kittens", which she adopted as her stage name...
as Mignon, as a child - Violet Mersereau as Mignon, grown up
- Charles Francis as Kong Hee
- Earl Simmons as Bruce King
- Frank Smith as Foo Shai
- William DyerWilliam Dyer (actor)William Dyer was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 83 films between 1915 and 1933.He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:*Broken Fetters...
as The Captain - Paul PanzerPaul PanzerPaul Panzer was a German-American silent film actor. He appeared in 333 films between 1905 and 1952. Panzer was best known for playing Koerner/Raymond Owen in The Perils of Pauline....
as Carleton Demarest - Isabel Patterson as Mrs. Demarest
- William GarwoodWilliam GarwoodWilliam Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....
as Lawrence Demarest - Paddy Sullivan as Mike
- Guy Morville as The Detective
- Charles Fang as Chang