Heartstrings
1923•1h 0m•
★9.0(1 ratings)
Romance
Overview
A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.
Director
Edwin GreenwoodWriters
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A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.
Mr. Chadwick
The film was directed by Edwin Greenwood.
The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0014122.
1919
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Molly, a glamorous clothing model in New York, though yearning for a life of luxury, spurns the advances of her boss's son in favor of a shipping clerk, late of the backwoods.
Masterpiece
1 votes
Heartstrings
Released
No Language
United Kingdom
