The Heart Specialist (1922 film)

The Heart Specialist is a lost[1] 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson and starring Mary Miles Minter.[2][3]

The Heart Specialist
Mary Miles Minter in The Heart Specialist
Directed byFrank Urson
Produced byRealart Pictures
Written byHarvey Thew
Story byMary Morrison
StarringMary Miles Minter
CinematographyAllen M. Davey
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1922 (1922-04-09)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Rosalie Beckwith (Minter) is an editor of a column devoted to affairs of the heart in a New York City newspaper. When the City Editor (Mathis) contemplates dropping the column since there is no such thing as romance, Rosalie wagers a month's salary that she can find romance within forty miles of the newspaper's office. Arriving at a small town selected at random, she is mistaken for Muriel Murat Bey, the cousin of a recently returned millionaire war hero, and decides to play along and enters his home as that person. Here a scheming Dr. Thomas Fitch (Beery), who has embezzled the millionaire's funds, seeks to bring about his death through poison. Numerous complications follow, terminating with the doctor's attempt to murder Rosalie and introduce his accomplice Grace Fitch (Phillips) as the real Muriel Murat Bey so that she could cover the doctor's theft by claiming that she received the missing money. The war hero comes to the rescue and she wins the wager when he falls in love with her.

Cast

References
  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Heart Specialist
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Heart Specialist at silentera.com
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Heart Specialist
  4. "Reviews: The Heart Specialist". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (14): 56. April 1, 1922.
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