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The Heart of Maryland (1927 film)

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'The Heart of Maryland' (1927) is a silent film costume Vitaphone drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello in the title character and features Jason Robards, Sr. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play 'The Heart of Maryland' performed on Broadway. The film is the last silent version of the often filmed Victorian story, with versions having been produced in 1915 and 1921.

Cast



*Dolores Costello as Maryland Calvert

*Jason Robards, Sr. as Maj. Alan Kendrick

*Warner Richmond as Captain Fulton Thorpe

*Helene Costello as Nancy

*Carroll Nye as Lloyd Calvert

*Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln

*Erville Alderson as Maj. Gen. Kendrick

*Paul Kruger as Tom Boone

*Walter Rodgers as Gen. U.S. Grant

*Jim Welch as Gen. Robert E. Lee

*Orpha Alba as Mammy

*Myrna Loy as Mulatta

*Harry Northrup as Gen. Joe Hooker

*Nick Cogley as Eli Stanton

*Lew Short as Allan Pinkerton

*Leonard Mellon as Young Stewart

*Madge Hunt as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

*Charles Force as Col. Lummon

*Francis Ford as Jefferson Davis

*S. D. Wilcox as Gen. Winfield Scott

Preservation status



An incomplete print of the film is at the Library of Congress.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HeartOfMaryland1927.html 'The Heart of Maryland' at silentera.com database]'Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress' by The American Film Institute page 77; copyright 1978[https://web.archive.org/web/20160610231843/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9618 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:'The Heart of Maryland'][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1903/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The Heart of Maryland']

See also



*'The Heart of Maryland' (1915)

*'The Heart of Maryland' (1921)

*List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References




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