
The Broken Melody
Drama
Overview
Stewart, an art student in the "bohemian" Greenwich Village in New York City, lives next door to his girlfriend Hedda, who wants to be a singer. One night while they are dining at their favorite cafe, a wealthy woman, Mrs. Trask, comes up to them with a proposition: she knows he is an artist and wants to go to Paris in order to study and develop his talent, and she will pay all his expenses to allow him to do that. He refuses because he doesn't want to leave Hedda, but she eventually persuades him to agree. It turns out that she as an ulterior motive for what she's doing--as does Mrs. Trask.
Top Cast


Eugene O'Brien
Eugene O'Brien
Stewart Grant
Eugene O'Brien
Stewart Grant


Lucy Cotton
Lucy Cotton
Hedda Dana
Lucy Cotton
Hedda Dana


Donald Hall
Donald Hall
Howard Thornby
Donald Hall
Howard Thornby


Ivo Dawson
Ivo Dawson
Leroy Clemons
Ivo Dawson
Leroy Clemons


Jack W. Johnston
Jack W. Johnston
(as Jack Johnstone)
Jack W. Johnston
(as Jack Johnstone)
Corinne Barker
Corinne Barker
Mrs. Drexel Trask
Corinne Barker
Mrs. Drexel Trask
Gus Weinberg
Gus Weinberg
Ivan
Gus Weinberg
Ivan
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