The Heart of Maryland (1927 film)

1927 film

July 23, 1927 (1927-07-23)

Running time

6 reels 5,868 feetCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent (English intertitles)
Vitaphone (music and effects)

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 as 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 oft-filmed Victorian story, other 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ 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
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Heart of Maryland
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Heart of Maryland