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The Faithful Heart (1932 film)

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'The Faithful Heart' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Mignon O'Doherty.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114090216/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32747 BFI.org] It is based on the 1921 play 'The Faithful Heart' by Monckton Hoffe.

It was made at Islington Studios.Wood p.74 The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky.

Plot



At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother.

Cast



* Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango

* Edna Best as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter

* Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe

* Laurence Hanray as Major Ango

* Anne Grey as Diana

* Athole Stewart as Sir Gilbert Oughterson

References





Bibliography



* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.


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