A Trick of Hearts
1928 film
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A Trick of Hearts is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2]
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| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason |
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| Story by | Henry Irving Dodge |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | M.C. Dewar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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Plot
Carrie Patience has been elected as the new town sheriff. In order to discredit the new sheriff, Ben Tully begins staging phony robberies while disguised as a woman. Black Jack kidnaps Ben's girlfriend, Connie Meade.[3]
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Benjamin Franklin Tully
- Georgia Hale as Connie Meade
- Joe Rickson as Black Jack
- Rosa Gore as Sheriff Carrie Patience
- Howard Truesdale as Dad Tully
- Heinie Conklin as Blackface Comic
- George Ovey as Whiteface Comic
- Nora Cecil as The Mayor
- Dan Crimmins as The Ex Sheriff
- Grace Cunard as The Constable
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Censorship
Before A Trick of Hearts could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of the scene where someone thumbed their nose and the "diaper episode."[4]
