The Steadfast Heart | |
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Directed by | Sheridan Hall |
Written by | Philip Lonergan |
Based on | The Steadfast Heart by Clarence Budington Kelland |
Produced by | Distinctive Pictures |
Starring | Marguerite Courtot Miriam Battista |
Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Steadfast Heart is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Sheridan Hall and produced by George Arliss (Distinctive Pictures). Based upon the novel of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland, the film was released by Goldwyn Pictures. [1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, [3] while a boy, Angus Burke shoots and kills a sheriff that is about to arrest his father. His mother dies, and he is tried for murder but is acquitted. He works for the local newspaper, but prejudice forces him to leave the town. Twelve years later, he returns and takes possession of the newspaper. He exposes a plot that intended to rob the citizens and then weds his childhood sweetheart Lydia.
A print of The Steadfast Heart survives in France at the Centre national du cinéma archive in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy. [4]
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