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The Battle of Hearts
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Wikipedia article
'The Battle of Hearts' is a 1916 American silent drama film written and directed by Oscar Apfel, and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It starred William Farnum and Elda Furry (later known as Hedda Hopper). The story was by Frances Marion, then still an actress herself.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BattleOfHearts1916.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Battle of Hearts'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13991 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Battle of Hearts'] This is Hopper's first motion picture.
Most of the film is lost. Hopper screened small portions of it in 1942 in her self-produced short series 'Hedda Hopper's Hollywood'. It is unknown if she had a complete print of this film at the time. These portions can be seen today in her 1942 short and are the only known surviving footage from the film.
Cast
* William Farnum as Martin Cane
* Hedda Hopper as Maida Rhodes (credited as Elda Furry)
* Wheeler Oakman as Jo Sprague
* William Burress as Captain Sprague
* Willard Louis as Captain Rhodes
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
*List of lost films
*List of Fox Film films
References
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