A Trick of Hearts

A Trick of Hearts
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Directed byB. Reeves Eason
Written by
Story byHenry Irving Dodge
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringHoot Gibson
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byM.C. Dewar
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages

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

Still from the movie

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]

Preservation

With no prints of A Trick of Hearts located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

See also

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. ↑ "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ Eason, Reeves; Gibson, Hoot (1928), A Trick Of Hearts, retrieved July 13, 2022
  6. ↑ "Lost Film Files - Universal". www.silentsaregolden.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
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