Hearts in Bondage
“Inspired romance - Bright gallantry - High courage - Against the blood-stained background of a war-torn nation!”
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Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
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Edited by Ralph DixonShot by Jack A MartaScored by Hugo Riesenfeld
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20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
James Dunn
as Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
Mae Clarke
as Constance Jordan
David Manners
as Raymond Jordan
Charlotte Henry
as Julie Buchanan
Henry B Walthall
as Capt. Buchanan
Fritz Leiber
as Capt. John Ericsson
George Irving
as Commodore Jordan
Irving Pichel
as Secretary of War Sumner Gideon Welles
J M Kerrigan
as Paddy Callahan
Frank Mcglynn Sr
as Abraham Lincoln
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