Cheated Hearts

Cheated Hearts

All the Exotic Glamour of the East Woven in a Livid Picture of Love

NR 1921 · 50 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Barry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that caused his father's death. His brother, Tom, falls in love with Muriel Beekman, their guardian's daughter. Barry also loves her but feels rejected. Three years later, after extended travels, Barry learns that Tom, having been sent to Morocco by Mr. Beekman, has been captured by desert marauders and is being held for ransom. He begins a search for him and in Tangiers encounters the Beekmans and Kitty Van Ness. Barry and Muriel discover their love for each other, but he refuses to commit himself while Tom is still alive.

Directed by Hobart Henley · Written by Wallace Clifton

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Cast

Herbert Rawlinson Barry Gordon
Warner Baxter Tom Gordon
Marjorie Daw Muriel Bekkman
Doris Pawn Kitty Van Ness
Winter Hall Nathanial Beekman
Josef Swickard Colonel Fairfax Gordon
Murdock MacQuarrie Ibrahim
Boris Karloff Nei Hamid
Anna Lehr Naomi
Albert MacQuarrie Hassam
Hector V. Sarno Achmet

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