The Heart of Maryland


1927

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul 23, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Heart of Maryland & Other Plays by David Belasco (Glenn Hughes & G. Savage, eds.; Princeton, N. J., 1941).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5,868ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick, son of a Virginia general, and Capt. Fulton Thorpe. Nancy, whom Thorpe has loved unwisely, follows him to Washington and commits suicide when she learns he will not marry her; as a result, Alan is forced to request his resignation. When Fort Sumter is fired upon, Alan, who admires Lincoln's principles, joins the Union Army though his father is among the Secessionist leaders; as a result, he is estranged from Maryland. Thorpe, who has joined the Confederacy as a spy, is responsible for Alan's arrest, but Maryland comes to his aid by ringing the alarm bell, as in the earlier (1921) version.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jul 23, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Heart of Maryland & Other Plays by David Belasco (Glenn Hughes & G. Savage, eds.; Princeton, N. J., 1941).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5,868ft (6 reels)

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Notes

Remake of a 1921 Vitagraph film of the same title, q. v. Copyrighted as 7 reels.