A Trick of Hearts

1928 film

Arthur Statter
Tom Reed

Story byHenry Irving DodgeProduced byCarl LaemmleStarringHoot GibsonCinematographyHarry NeumannEdited byM.C. DewarDistributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)

Running time

60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguages

Silent
English intertitles

A Trick of Hearts is a lost^[1]^[2] 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

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

References

^ Eason, Reeves; Gibson, Hoot (1928), A Trick Of Hearts, retrieved July 13, 2022
^ "Lost Film Files - Universal". www.silentsaregolden.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ "A Trick of Hearts". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ 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.