The Heart of a Hero

★★★★★ · God Bless Rick Prelinger!! · Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan · 2008-09-15

Man, this is ANOTHER classic! Now, as much I like the lunacy of "Design for Dreaming", it's films like this that give my the biggest pleasure. A well-crafted silent film, the acting is good and the pacing is unusually quick for a drama. If you like silent films, I recommend this a lot!

★★★ · Well, heart is right, anyway... · Wilford B. Wolf · 2008-09-14

First reel of a six part historical melodrama from 1916. The story centers around the romance between Nathan Hale and Alice Adams. Stylistically, it follows the pattern of melodramas of the period, so it's not very remarkable in that respect. However, the shots of a colonial schoolhouse could probably find their way into film about the period. As a note, it appears that the title cards might've been replaced, perhaps in the 1940s; the typography doesn't seem to fit with the late 1910s.

★★★ · Heart of an Orphan · Spuzz · 2008-12-18

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.