The Heart of a Child
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The Heart of a Child is a 1915 British
silent
drama film
directed by Harold M. Shaw
and starring Edna Flugrath
, Edward Sass and Hayford Hobbs
. It is based on a novel by Frank Danby. A girl from the slums is injured by an aristocrat's car. Years later, now a successful dancer, she falls in love with the aristocrat's brother.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Harold M. Shaw
Harold M. Shaw
-Selected filmography:* The Land Beyond the Sunset * Lawyer Quince * The Firm of Girdlestone * Me and Me Moke * The Last Challenge * Die Rose von Rhodesia * The Pursuit of Pamela...
and starring Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath
Edna Flugrath was the eldest of three sisters who found fame as silent film stars.-Early life:Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 29, 1893, she was the first born of Emil and Mary Dubois Flugrath. Her father, a printer by trade, was the son of Polish-German immigrants and had at one time been...
, Edward Sass and Hayford Hobbs
Hayford Hobbs
Hayford Hobbs was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in 1892. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film The Third Generation and appeared in his last film High Treason in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a...
. It is based on a novel by Frank Danby. A girl from the slums is injured by an aristocrat's car. Years later, now a successful dancer, she falls in love with the aristocrat's brother.
Cast
- Edna Flugrath - Sally Snape
- Edward Sass - Lord Kidderminster
- Hayford HobbsHayford HobbsHayford Hobbs was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in 1892. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film The Third Generation and appeared in his last film High Treason in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a...
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- Mr. Peastone - Douglas Munro - Joe Aarons
- Frank StanmoreFrank StanmoreFrank Stanmore was an English film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1914 and 1938.He was born in London and died in Gravesend, Kent.-Selected filmography:* Love's Boomerang...
- Johnny Doone - Gwynne HerbertGwynne Herbert-Selected filmography:* The Firm of Girdlestone * Annie Laurie * The Manxman * A Fortune at Stake * Possession * The Kinsman * The Forest on the Hill * Alf's Button...
- Lady Fortive - Christine RaynerChristine Rayner-Selected filmography:* Sally Bishop * The Kinsman * Kipps * Comin' Thro the Rye...
... Mary - Lewis GilbertLewis GilbertLewis Gilbert CBE is an English film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:He was the son of music hall performers, and spent his early years travelling with his parents, and watching the shows from the side of the stage. He first performed on-stage at the age of 5, when asked to drive a...
- Bill Snape - Anna Godfrey - Mrs. Snape
- Stanley Burton - Johnny's Brother