Cheated Hearts (film)

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Cheated Hearts
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Directed by Hobart Henley
Written byWallace Clifton
Story bya novel "Barry Gordon" by William F. Payson
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring Herbert Rawlinson
Warner Baxter
Boris Karloff
Marjorie Daw
Cinematography Virgil Miller
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 12, 1921 (1921-12-12)
Running time
5 reels (50 min.)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cheated Hearts is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Warner Baxter, Marjorie Daw and Boris Karloff. [1] The screenplay was written by Wallace Clifton, based on the novel Barry Gordon by William Farquar Payson. The film's tagline was "All the Exotic Glamour of the East Woven in a Livid Picture of Love" (Print Ad in the Seattle Star, ((Seattle, Wash.)) 24 December 1921). It was shot in Universal City, and is today considered a lost film. [2]

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Plot

Barry Gordon (Herbert Rawlinson) and his brother Tom (Warner Baxter), the sons of an old Virginia colonel, are both in love with Muriel Bekkman (Marjorie Daw). Barry is a wastrel, however, and because he believes Muriel loves Tom the best, he takes to drinking heavily even though his father died of alcoholism. Barry goes to Paris thinking that Tom and Muriel will get married, but then receives word that his brother has been lost in Morocco. He goes to the nearest African village there and learns that his brother is being held captive by natives. He agrees to exchange places with Tom and pay the natives handsomely. Muriel and her father, Nathanial Beekman (Winter Hall), arrive and are overjoyed when Tom is released from captivity, but now they are worried about Barry. Tom, however, is content to wait in the village instead of trying to aid his brother. Finally Barry, having escaped from a cave with the aid of a native girl named Naomi, who is killed helping him. Barry staggers into the village and Muriel, recognizing that he is truly the better man, declares her love for him. Barry decides to swear off drinking and marries Muriel. [3]

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Cheated Hearts". silentera.com. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  2. "Cheated Hearts". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  3. "Reviews: Cheated Hearts". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 13 (25): 62. December 17, 1921.