Hearts in Bondage (1936)
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First-time director Lew Ayres performs miracles on a tiny budget in the Civil War drama Hearts in Bondage. The story offers a romanticized version of the events leading up to the battle between the "ironclads" Monitor and Merrimac. Northern naval officer Kenneth (James Dunn), the nephew of… More First-time director Lew Ayres performs miracles on a tiny budget in the Civil War drama Hearts in Bondage. The story offers a romanticized version of the events leading up to the battle between the "ironclads" Monitor and Merrimac. Northern naval officer Kenneth (James Dunn), the nephew of Monitor designer John Ericsson (Fritz Leiber) is dishonorably discharged when he sinks the Merrimac instead of burning it, as ordered. He is restored to duty as a crew member on the Monitor, and in the ensuing sea battle with the recommissioned Merrimac he kills Confederate officer Raymond (David Manners), the brother of Kenneth's fiancee Constance (Mae Clarke). The estranged sweethearts are ultimately reunited with the help of Abe Lincoln himself! Both James Dunn and Mae Clarke are miscast in their roles, but they do their best under the circumstances to make their material "work" -- and often succeed. The real stars of Hearts in Bondage are Republic's special-effects mavens Howard and Theodore Lydecker, whose splendid utilization of scale models in the climactic Monitor-Merrimac confrontation is both exciting and convincing. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lew Ayres, Lewis Ayres
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Classics
Unrated,
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Cast
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James Dunn
as Kenneth
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Mae Clarke
as Constance
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David Manners
as Raymond
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Charlotte Henry
as Julie
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Henry B. Walthall
as Buchanan
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Fritz Leiber
as John Ericsson
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George Irving
as Commodore Jordan
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Irving Pichel
as Secretary of War Gideon Welles
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J.M. Kerrigan
as Paddy
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Abraham Lincoln
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Ben Alexander
as Eggleston
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Oscar Apfel
as Cap. Gillman
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Clay Clement
as Worden
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Edward Gargan
as McPherson
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Russell Hicks
as Pillsbury
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George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Ezra
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Douglas Wood
as Admiral David Farragut
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Erville Alderson
as Jefferson Davis
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John Hyams
as Bushnell
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Etta McDaniel
as Mammy
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Warner P. Richmond
as Bucko
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Lloyd Ingraham
as Timekeeper
- Hooper Atchley
- Smiley Burnette
- Lane Chandler
- Pat Flaherty
- Frankie Marvin
- Henry Roquemore
- Clinton Rosemond
- Maurice Brierre
- Arthur Wanzer
- Helen Seamon
- Eugene Jackson
