''The Heart of a Lion'' is a
lost
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Geography
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History
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1917 silent film drama directed by
Frank Lloyd
Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president ...
and starring
William Farnum
William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent film cinema and became one of the highest-paid actors during that time.
Biography
Farnum was born on July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachus ...
.
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film ...
produced and distributed the movie. It is based on a novel by
Ralph Connor
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''The Heart of a Lion''
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Cast
*William Farnum
William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent film cinema and became one of the highest-paid actors during that time.
Biography
Farnum was born on July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachus ...
– Barney Kemper
*Mary Martin
Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in '' South Pacific'' (194 ...
– Margaret Danforth
*William Courtleigh, Jr.
William Thomas Courtleigh Jr. (March 8, 1892 – March 13, 1918) was an American silent film actor whose career was cut short after he fell victim to the 1918 flu pandemic.
Early years
William Thomas Courtleigh Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York ...
– Dick Kemper
*Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley (born Selma Wanda Pittack; July 30, 1895 – March 18, 1963) was an American actress during the silent film era. She entered the theatrical profession with an amateur group in Seattle, and later toured the United States and Can ...
– Iola Hamilton (*as Wanda Petit)
* Walter Law – Tex
*Marc Robbins
Marc Robbins (January 3, 1868 – April 5, 1931) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 78 films between 1914 and 1923. He died in Los Angeles, California.
Morey was from Topeka, Kansas, and he acted with the Morey Stock ...
– Hiram Danforth M.D.
*Rita Bori – Dolly
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
References
External links
The Heart of a Lion at IMDb.com
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single sheet lobby poster
1917 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Films directed by Frank Lloyd
Fox Film films
Films based on Canadian novels
American black-and-white films
Silent American drama films
1917 drama films
1917 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films
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