The Heart of a Hero (1916)
1916 · Ephemeral film · 12 min · dir. Émile Chautard
The story of Nathan Hale, who said "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Thrilling, patriotic, inspiring!
- Drama
- War
Synopsis
This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams).
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Émile Chautard
- Writer
- Frances Marion
- Cinematography
- Lucien Tainguy
- Studio
- World Film
- Released
- 1916-11-06
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
Émile Chautard Director
Robert Warwick
Gail Kane
Alec B. Francis
George MacQuarrie- Clifford Grey
- Henry West
Charles Jackson
Clara Whipple
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Heart Of An Orphan · Spuzz · 2014-01-28
Always interesting to find orphaned films. Here we have the first reel of a movie called "Heart Of A Hero" about Nathan Hale, American Hero. The film might or might not be interesting, we don't know, and very preliminary investigation finds not much about this movie, so this might be all that we get. Oh well. This part features Hale as lecherous teacher, getting it on with one of his students, something which really wouldnt make you a hero today I imagine. To just make a grand summary out of one reel, this looks to be pretty low-budget stuff, and is forgotten today.