The Heart of Maryland is a 1927 American synchronized sound historical drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello as the title character, and features Jason Robards Sr. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play The Heart of Maryland performed on Broadway. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros..
The film is the last silent version of the oft-filmed Victorian story, other versions having been produced in 1915 and 1921.
Cast Dolores Costello as Maryland Calvert Jason Robards Sr. as Maj. Alan Kendrick Warner Richmond as Captain Fulton Thorpe Helene Costello as Nancy Carroll Nye as Lloyd Calvert Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln Erville Alderson as Maj. Gen. Kendrick Paul Kruger as Tom Boone Walter Rodgers as Gen. U.S. Grant Jim Welch as Gen. Robert E. Lee Orpha Alba as Mammy Myrna Loy as Mulatta Harry Northrup as Gen. Joe Hooker Nick Cogley as Eli Stanton Lew Short as Allan Pinkerton Leonard Mellon as Young Stewart Madge Hunt as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Charles Force as Col. Lummon Francis Ford as Jefferson Davis S. D. Wilcox as Gen. Winfield Scott
Preservation An incomplete print of the film is at the Library of Congress.The Heart of Maryland at silentera.com databaseCatalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress by The American Film Institute page 77; copyright 1978The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Heart of MarylandThe Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Heart of Maryland
See also The Heart of Maryland (1915) The Heart of Maryland (1921) List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features List of films and television shows about the American Civil War
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Original lobby card