The Heart of Jennifer

1915 film by James Kirkwood
  • August 30, 1915 (1915-08-30)
Running time
5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Heart of Jennifer is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by James Kirkwood, Sr. and written by Edith Barnard Delano. The film stars Hazel Dawn, James Kirkwood, Sr., Irene Howley, Russell Bassett, and Harry C. Browne.[1][2] The film was released on August 30, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

A man gives aid to another man on the condition that he can marry the man's daughter. The daughter refuses and goes to a lumber camp with her father. At the lumber camp she marries a man named James Murry. The first man finds her and convinces her husband that she only married him for the money. This causes problems in their relationship. The man ends up getting her sister pregnant too and when he refuses to marry her, the sister kills him. To protect her sister the woman claims to have done it. The lumber camp man realizes his wife was only sacrificing herself for her sister, and that effort helps to reunite the couple.[3]

Cast

Scene from the film.[4]
  • Hazel Dawn as Jennifer Hale
  • James Kirkwood, Sr. as James Murray
  • Irene Howley as Agnes Murray
  • Russell Bassett as Mr. Hale, Jennifer's Father
  • Harry C. Browne as Stephen Weldon

Preservation

No prints of the film have survived. It is now lost.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Heart of Jennifer (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza (2014). "Heart-of-Jennifer - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. ^ Janiss Garza (2014). "Heart-of-Jennifer - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. ^ The Daily Messenger, 12/13/1915, p. 2
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Heart of Jennifer

External links

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