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 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

Unrated, 1 hr. 12 min.

Western, Drama, Classics

Directed By: Lew Ayres

On DVD: May 1, 2005

Cast

James Dunn
Kenneth
Mae Clarke
Constance
David Manners
Raymond
Charlotte Henry
Julie
Henry B. Walthall
Buchanan
Fritz Leiber
John Ericsson
George Irving
Commodore Jordan
Irving Pichel
Secretary of War Gideon...
J.M. Kerrigan
Paddy
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Ben Alexander
Eggleston
Oscar Apfel
Cap. Gillman
Clay Clement
Worden
Edward Gargan
McPherson
Russell Hicks
Pillsbury
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Ezra
Douglas Wood
Admiral David Farragut
Erville Alderson
Jefferson Davis
John Hyams
Bushnell
Etta McDaniel
Mammy
Warner P. Richmond
Bucko
Lloyd Ingraham
Timekeeper
Hooper Atchley
Smiley Burnette
Lane Chandler
Pat Flaherty
Frankie Marvin
Henry Roquemore
Clinton Rosemond
Maurice Brierre
Arthur Wanzer
Helen Seamon
Eugene Jackson

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A 1936 Film and I give it my highest rating to date on any film before 1940. Reason being it taught me more then any history class ever did about the civil war. I learned that the Norfolk Naval Base was once called Gosport Shipyard, also learned about the Monitor and the Merrimac. Never knew the Merrimac was once owned

February 25, 2011