| Shattered Lives | |
| Director: | Henry McCarty |
| Producer: | Samuel Sax |
| Starring: | Edith Roberts Robert Gordon Ethel Wales |
| Cinematography: | Jack MacKenzie |
| Studio: | Gotham Pictures |
| Distributor: | Lumas Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Shattered Lives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Edith Roberts, Robert Gordon, and Ethel Wales.[1]
As described in a film magazine review, Mumsie is living on a farm with Donald, not knowing that he is her real son, having adopted him following a train wreck several years before. Her real son had been taken away by her husband when the boy was an infant. Red Myers is put in her home, posing as her son, by a shyster lawyer. The father, who has made a fortune in Alaska, is returning home to Mumsie when the plotters attempt to waylay him. Donald assists in the rescue of his father and it becomes evident that he is the rightful heir, while Red is apprehended. Donald marries Sally.