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  Joan Crawford and Rockcliffe Fellows.
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The Understanding Heart
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6657 feet
Directed by Jack Conway

Cast: Joan Crawford [Monica Dale], Rockcliffe Fellowes [Bob Mason], Francis X. Bushman Jr. [Tony Garland], Carmel Myers [Kelcey Dale], Richard Carle [Sheriff Bentley], Jerry Miley [Bardwell], Harvey Clark [Uncle Charley]

Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Edward T. Lowe Jr., from the adaptation by Edward T. Lowe Jr. of the novel The Understanding Heart by Peter B. Kyne. Set design by Cedric Gibbons and B.H. Martin. Costume design by André-ani. Cinematography by John Arnold (Jack Arnold). Film editor, John W. English. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 28 March 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP23794]. Released 26 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Fire footage taken for The Flaming Forest (1926) was used in this film. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the MGM/UA film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Fire

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Eames-MGM p. 31; Quirk-Crawford pp. 15, 46, 47; Vermilye-Twenties p. 246 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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