The Mansion of Aching Hearts

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The Mansion of Aching Hearts
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Directed by James P. Hogan
Written by Frederick Stowers
Produced by B.P. Schulberg
Starring Ethel Clayton
Barbara Bedford
Priscilla Bonner
Cinematography Harry Perry
Production
company
B.P. Schulberg Productions
Distributed by Preferred Pictures
Release date
  • February 27, 1925 (1925-02-27)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Mansion of Aching Hearts is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Ethel Clayton, Barbara Bedford, and Priscilla Bonner. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] believing his wife is unfaithful, Martin Craig sends his with Pauline and their child away. The mother looses the child while on a boat, after which the father locates it and rears it as a stranger without a last name, to be called Bill Smith. The mother, believing the child has drowned, goes to a home for friendless pregnant young women and becomes its matron. Later, she returns to the home of her son only to find that he has been taught to promise vengeance upon her for bringing him into the world nameless. A mob forms intending to chase her from the town. However, she meets Martin and forces him to publicly admit the truth that she is innocent, whereupon she and the son are admitted to respectability. A reunion between the three follows.

Cast

Preservation

The film is currently lost. [4]

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References

  1. Goble p. 858
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Mansion of Aching Hearts at silentera.com
  3. "New Pictures: The Mansion of Aching Hearts", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (4): 63–64, April 18, 1925, retrieved January 18, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Mansion of Aching Hearts

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