Barriers Burned Away

Barriers Burned Away — Plot

John and Edwin Martin, two brothers, occupy, each with his own family, a double house; they are all very much united. Each one of the brothers has a child. John has a little boy, named Frank, and Edwin, a little daughter named Tillie. The two children are playmates and the wives are the closest of friends. Everything is harmonious, when like a flash of lightning from a clear sky, a quarrel, through some trifling difference of opinion, arises between the two wives, which leads to the severance of the happy relations of the two families, excepting the two children, who fortunately cannot grasp the meaning of it all and consequently remain in blissful ignorance of its purpose and are happy only when in each other's company.

• Release date
• June 24, 1911
• Runtime
• 12 min
• Genres
• Drama

Barriers Burned Away — Cast

Maurice Costello John Martin - First Brother Helen Gardner John's Wife Julia Swayne Gordon Edwin's Wife Adele DeGarde Tillie - Edwin's Daughter Kenneth Casey Frank - John's Son Robert Gaillard Edwin Martin - Second Brother