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The Heart Bandit
The Heart Bandit
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Directed by	Oscar Apfel
Written by	Tom J. Hopkins; Fred Myton
Starring	Viola Dana; Milton Sills; Gertrude Claire
Cinematography	John Arnold
Production; company	Metro Pictures
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	January 24, 1924 (United States);
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Heart Bandit is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana, Milton Sills, and Gertrude Claire.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Molly O'Hara's criminal gang sets out to hold up a fast truck coming across the Canadian border that they believe is carrying a rich cargo of bootleg liquor. When the gang comes alongside the truck and point a gun, it turns out they have been double-crossed as the canvas flaps of the truck go up to reveal half a dozen detectives and policemen holding revolvers. Molly is able to escape being caught and takes refuge on the private estate of John Rand, the leader of a powerful group of Wall Street manipulators. John's mother takes a liking to her and so adopts her. John is entering a shady financial deal with a business foe who is being aided by a South American, Ramón Orestest Córdova. The latter falls in love with Molly, but she finds out that he plans to double-cross John by having federal officials raid his estate. Molly, with the assistance of her old crony Spike Malone, that night cracks open the safe in the Rand mansion to rescue incriminating papers that, if obtained by the federal officials, would land John in the penitentiary. In this way, assisted by Mrs. Rand, she is able to set herself on the straight life .

Cast

Viola Dana as Molly O'Hara
Milton Sills as John Rand
Gertrude Claire as Mrs. Rand
Wallace MacDonald as 'Spike' Malone
Bertram Grassby as Ramón Orestest Córdova
DeWitt Jennings as Pat O'Connell
Nelson McDowell as Jenks
Matthew Betz as Monk Hinman
Edward Wade as Silas Wetherbee

Preservation

With no prints of The Heart Bandit located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

References

^ Munden p. 300
^ Schrank, Joseph (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Heart Bandit". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (8). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 23. Retrieved June 30, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Heart Bandit

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.