Broken Laws

Broken Laws 1924 is an American silent dramatic film directed by Roy William Neill, remarkable for the appearance of Dorothy Davenport, who is billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid.

Davenports husband was the star Wallace Reid, who died of morphine addiction in January 1923. By June 1923, Davenport had coproduced, starred in and toured the country with Human Wreckage, a moralistic warning about the terrors of drug addiction. The films sensational tone, and the roadshow engagement with her personal appearances, were a direct precursor to the later 1930s exploitation films of Kroger Babb and others.Broken Laws on the topic of parental overindulgence is the second of Davenports social conscience releases, followed by The Red Kimona 1925, based on a truelife story of white slavery. ........

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