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The Steadfast Heart
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Wikipedia article
'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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SteadfastHeart1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Steadfast Heart'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12402 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Steadfast Heart']
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, 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.
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Preservation
A print of 'The Steadfast Heart' survives in France at the Centre national du cinma archive in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.93/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Steadfast Heart']
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