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Hearts of Oak (1924)

Hearts of Oak (1924)

Drama Romance

The Marriage Sacrifice-The Woman Robbed of the Right to Live!

Release Date: 1924, October 5
Directors: John Ford
Countries: United States of America
Production: Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Theodore von Eltz, Hobart Bosworth, James Gordon, Jennie Lee, Pauline Starke, Francis Powers, Frances Teague

Overview:

Terry Dunniva, a retired sea-captain living in Marblehead, Massachusetts, adopts two children, Chrystal and Ned. As the girl grows to womanhood, Terry realizes his fatherly-love had grown to something stronger. He asks her to become his wife. Chrystal, who is in love with her foster-brother, consents rather than destroy Terry's happiness. On the day of their marriage, Ned returns from a long voyage with the intent of making Chrysal his wife. And, he, too, rather than destroy the happiness of his adopted-father, leaves to embark on an Artic voyage that might mean his death. When Terry learns of the sacrifice both Chrystal and Ned are making on behalf of his happiness, he takes Ned's place on the voyage and gets both to pledge that if he does not return, they will marry each other.