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Heartless Husbands

1925 · 50 min

A grim silent melodrama of cruelty and redemption, watching it feels like unearthing a forgotten, sordid fable.

Directed by
Bertram Bracken
Genres
Drama
Starring
John T. Prince, Gloria Grey, Thomas G. Lingham
Overview
Sordid story of an abusive husband who beats his pregnant wife so badly that the boy, Sonny is born with a disfiguring birthmark and abandoned. Growing up on the streets he is taken under the wing of safecracker James Carleton, who arranges for the kid to have a decent home and a good education. In time Sonny becomes a football hero at college, meeting and falling in love with Mary Kayne. When a nasty detective reveals to the girl that her sweetheart is the "foster son" of a notorious crook, Mary declares that she doesn't care and intends to love the hero to the end of her days. But there's still one obstacle to overcome when it turns out that Grey's own father may well be the no-good slug who gave the boy his permanent birthmark.

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Directed by
Bertram Bracken
Genres
Drama
Starring
John T. Prince, Gloria Grey, Thomas G. Lingham
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • class
  • redemption
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Bertram Bracken
Starring
John T. Prince, Gloria Grey, Thomas G. Lingham, Vola Vale, Edna Hall, L.J. O'Connor, Waldo Moretti, Albert Kingsley
Cinematography
Gordon Pollock
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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