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The Ace of Hearts
(1921) American
B&W : Six reels / 5883 feet
Directed by Wallace Worsley

Cast: Lon Chaney [Mr. Farallone], Leatrice Joy [Lilith], John Bowers [Mr. Forrest], Hardee Kirkland [Mr. Morgridge], Raymond Hatton [the menace], Edwin N. Wallock [the chemist], Roy Laidlaw [the doorkeeper]; Cullen Landis [young man in restaurant]

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Ruth Wightman, from a screen story by Gouverneur Morris. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Cinematography by Donovan Short. / © 9 September 1921 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP16948]. Premiered circa 17 September 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska. Released October 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Suspense.

Survival Status: Print exists in the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House film archive.

Keywords: Anarchists - Assassination - Cards: Playing - Crime: Murder, Terrorism - Criminals: Terrorists - Death: Murder - Love triangles - Radicalism - Secret organizations - Socialites - Weapons: Bombs (Time)

Listing updated: 20 July 2009.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Drew-Speaking pp. 67, 276; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : ClasIm-224 p. 11 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.

Home video: DVD.