The Heart of Maryland (1927 film)
| The Heart of Maryland | |
|---|---|
Jason Robards, Sr. | |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels 5,868 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent (English intertitles) Vitaphone (music and effects) |
The Heart of Maryland (1927) is a
Jason Robards, Sr. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play The Heart of Maryland
performed on Broadway. The film is the last silent version of the oft-filmed Victorian story, other versions having been produced in 1915 and 1921.
Cast
- Dolores Costello as Maryland Calvert
- Jason Robards, Sr.as Maj. Alan Kendrick
- Warner Richmond as Captain Fulton Thorpe
- Helene Costello as Nancy
- Carroll Nye as Lloyd Calvert
- Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln
- Erville Alderson as Maj. Gen. Kendrick
- Paul Kruger as Tom Boone
- Walter Rodgers as Gen. U.S. Grant
- Jim Welch as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Orpha Alba as Mammy
- Myrna Loy as Mulatta
- Harry Northrup as Gen. Joe Hooker
- Nick Cogley as Eli Stanton
- Lew Short as Allan Pinkerton
- Leonard Mellon as Young Stewart
- Madge Hunt as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
- Charles Force as Col. Lummon
- Francis Ford as Jefferson Davis
- S. D. Wilcox as Gen. Winfield Scott
Preservation status
An incomplete print of the film is at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4]
See also
- The Heart of Maryland (1915)
- The Heart of Maryland (1921)
- List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
- List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
References
- ^ The Heart of Maryland at silentera.com database
- ^ Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress by The American Film Institute page 77; copyright 1978
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Heart of Maryland
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Heart of Maryland
