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The Faithful Heart is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey.[1] It is based on the 1921 play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe.

The Faithful Heart
Directed by	Victor Saville
Written by	Lajos Bíró Monckton Hoffe (play) Angus MacPhail Victor Saville Robert Stevenson
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Herbert Marshall Edna Best Anne Grey
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Ian Dalrymple
Music by	Louis Levy
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Ideal Films
Release date	May 1932
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was made at Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London.[2] The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky.

Plot

At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother.

Cast

• Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango
• Edna Best as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter
• Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe
• Laurence Hanray as Major Ango
• Anne Grey as Diana
• Athole Stewart as Sir Gilbert Oughterson

References

Bibliography

• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Faithful Heart at IMDb

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