Faithful Heart
Cast & Crew
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Victor Saville
Director
Herbert Marshall
Waverlay Ango
Edna Best
Blackie
Mignon O'doherty
Mrs. Gatterscombe
Lawrence Hanray
Major
Anne Grey
Diana
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
Aug
15,
1933
Premiere Information
London opening: May 1932; New York opening: week of 14 Aug 1933
Production Company
Gaumont-British Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
Helber Pictures
Country
Great Britain and United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe (London, 16 Nov 1921).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Film Length
7,504ft
Synopsis
Sailor Waverly Ango deserts the woman he loves, only to be confronted twenty years later by his illegitimate daughter by his now-deceased lover. He is then forced to choose between his fiancée and his new-found daughter.
Director
Victor Saville
Director
Cast
Herbert Marshall
Waverlay Ango
Edna Best
Blackie
Mignon O'doherty
Mrs. Gatterscombe
Lawrence Hanray
Major
Anne Grey
Diana
Athole Stewart
Sir Gilbert Oughterson
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
Aug
15,
1933
Premiere Information
London opening: May 1932; New York opening: week of 14 Aug 1933
Production Company
Gaumont-British Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
Helber Pictures
Country
Great Britain and United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe (London, 16 Nov 1921).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Film Length
7,504ft
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Notes
According to Variety, American distributor Helber replaced the original soundtrack with one made using the voices of American actors. Variety reported that this caused a great uproar in the British trade press, which attacked the dubbing of "'American' for British speech."
