A Trick of Hearts explained

A Trick of Hearts
Director:	B. Reeves Eason
Producer:	Carl Laemmle
Story:	Henry Irving Dodge
Starring:	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography:	Harry Neumann
Editing:	M.C. Dewar
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States

A Trick of Hearts is a lost^[1] 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.^{[2] [3]}

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.^[4]

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Benjamin Franklin Tully
• Georgia Hale as Connie Meade
• Joe Rickson as Black Jack
• Rosa Gore as Sheriff Carrie Patience
• Howard Truesdale as Dad Tully
• Heinie Conklin as Blackface Comic
• George Ovey as Whiteface Comic
• Nora Cecil as The Mayor
• Dan Crimmins as The Ex Sheriff
• Grace Cunard as The Constable

See also

• Hoot Gibson filmography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lost Film Files - Universal . 2022-07-13 . www.silentsaregolden.com.
2. Web site: A Trick of Hearts . 2022-07-13 . catalog.afi.com.
3. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List . 2022-07-13 . www.silentera.com.
4. Book: Ginibre, Jean-Louis . Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies . 2005 . Filipacchi Publishing . 978-1-933231-04-4 . 260 . en.