The Faithful Heart (1932 film)

1932 film

The Faithful Heart

Directed by| Victor Saville
Written by|

* Lajos Bíró
* Angus MacPhail
* Victor Saville
* Robert Stevenson

Based on| The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe
Produced by| Michael Balcon
Starring|

* Herbert Marshall
* Edna Best
* Anne Grey

Cinematography| Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by| Ian Dalrymple
Music by| Louis Levy

Production
company

Gainsborough Pictures

Distributed by| Ideal Films

Release date

* May 1932 (1932-05)

Running time

| 83 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

The Faithful Heart is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey.[1] It is based on the 1921 play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe. It was made at Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London.[2] The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky.

## Plot

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At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother.

## Cast

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* Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango
* Edna Best as Blackie
* Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe
* Laurence Hanray as The Major
* Anne Grey as Diana
* Athole Stewart as Sir Gilbert Oughterson

## References

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1. ^ BFI.org
2. ^ Wood p.74

## Bibliography

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* Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

## External links

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* The Faithful Heart at IMDb

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Films directed by Victor Saville

* The Arcadians (1927)
* Tesha (1928)
* Kitty (1929)
* Woman to Woman (1929)
* The W Plan (1930)
* A Warm Corner (1930)
* The Sport of Kings (1931)
* Hindle Wakes (1931)
* Michael and Mary (1931)
* Sunshine Susie (1931)
* The Faithful Heart (1932)
* Love on Wheels (1932)
* The Good Companions (1933)
* I Was a Spy (1933)
* Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
* Evergreen (1934)
* Evensong (1934)
* The Iron Duke (1934)
* The Dictator (1935)
* Me and Marlborough (1935)
* First a Girl (1935)
* It's Love Again (1936)
* Action for Slander (1937)
* Dark Journey (1937)
* Storm in a Teacup (1937)
* South Riding (1938)
* The Earl of Chicago (1940)
* Forever and a Day (1943)
* Tonight and Every Night (1945)
* The Green Years (1946)
* Green Dolphin Street (1947)
* Desire Me (1947)
* If Winter Comes (1947)
* Conspirator (1949)
* Kim (1950)
* Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
* 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
* The Long Wait (1954)
* The Silver Chalice (1954)
* My Gun Is Quick (1957)

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