This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least one title change before reaching the screen as Shattered Idols. Jean Hurst, the widow of a British Army officer in India, hates her crippled son David because she thinks he is a coward and a weakling. She sends him away to England for his education. When he returns to India, he falls in love with native girl Sarasvati, who he saves from being burned on a funeral pyre.
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Cast
Marguerite De La Motte
Sarasvati
William V. Mong
Rama Pal
James Morrison
Lt. Walter Hurst / David Hurst
Frankie Lee
David Hurst, as a child
Ethel Grey Terry
Jean Hurst
Alfred Allen
The Judge
Louise Lovely
Diana Chichester
Harvey Clark
Col. Chichester
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Chichester
Robert Littlefield
Dick Hathaway
Mary Wynn
Ethel Hathaway
George Periolat
The High Priest
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