''Hearts are Trumps'' is a 1920 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Rex Ingram and starring
Winter Hall
Winter Hall (21 June 1872 – 10 February 1947) was a New Zealand actor of the silent era who later appeared in sound films. He performed in more than 120 films between 1916 and 1938. Prior to that, he had a career as a stage actor in Austr ...
,
Frank Brownlee and
Alice Terry
Alice Frances Taaffe (July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director. She began her career during the silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1 ...
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[Goble p.793]
Cast
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Winter Hall
Winter Hall (21 June 1872 – 10 February 1947) was a New Zealand actor of the silent era who later appeared in sound films. He performed in more than 120 films between 1916 and 1938. Prior to that, he had a career as a stage actor in Austr ...
as Lord Altcar
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Frank Brownlee as Michael Wain
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Alice Terry
Alice Frances Taaffe (July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director. She began her career during the silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1 ...
as Dora Woodberry
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Francelia Billington
Francelia Billington (February 1, 1895 – November 24, 1934) was an early American silent-screen actress, and an accomplished camera operator.
Early life
On February 1, 1895, Billington was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of James Billingt ...
as Lady Winifred
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Joseph Kilgour
Joseph Kilgour (11 July 1863 – 21 April 1933) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. He was a well-known veteran stage actor in Broadway theatre before entering silent films. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1909 and 1926.
Kil ...
as Lord Burford
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Brinsley Shaw
Brinsley Shaw (1876–1931) was an American stage, director and film actor of the silent era. He worked in over 150 films from 1910 to 1927.Katchmer p. 348
Selected filmography
* '' Across the Plains'' (1911)
* '' The Tomboy on Bar Z'' (1912)
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as Maurice Felden
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
as Henry Dyson
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Norman Kennedy as John Gillespie
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Edward Connelly
Edward Connelly (December 30, 1859 – November 21, 1928) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Biography
Connelly had a Broadway theater career going back to the Victorian era. His Broadway credits include ''The Wild Du ...
as Brother Christopher, the Abbot of St. Bernard
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Bull Montana
Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna; May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler, boxer and actor.
Biography
Born in Voghera, Italy, into a poor country family — and at a ti ...
as Jake
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Howard Crampton as Butler
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1920 films
1920 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Rex Ingram
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Metro Pictures films
American films based on plays
Films set in England
1920s American films
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