A Trick of Hearts

A Trick of Hearts
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Directed by	B. Reeves Eason
Written by	Arthur Statter Tom Reed
Story by	Henry Irving Dodge
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	M.C. Dewar
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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]

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

Still from the movie

Preservation

With no prints of A Trick of Hearts located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

See also

• Hoot Gibson filmography

References

1. "A Trick of Hearts". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
2. "Progressive Silent Film List: A Trick of Hearts". www.silentera.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
3. Ginibre, Jean-Louis (2005). Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies. Filipacchi Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-933231-04-4.
4. Eason, Reeves; Gibson, Hoot (1928), A Trick Of Hearts, retrieved July 13, 2022
5. "Lost Film Files - Universal". www.silentsaregolden.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

External links

• A Trick of Hearts at IMDb