The Understanding Heart

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The Understanding Heart

Joan Crawford and Rockliffe Fellowes
Directed by Jack Conway
Written by Novel:
Peter B. Kyne
Screenplay:
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Titles:
Joseph Farnham
Starring Joan Crawford
Rockliffe Fellowes
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Carmel Myers
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) February 26, 1927 (premiere)
May 10, 1927 (general)
Running time 67 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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The Understanding Heart is a 1927 MGM silent film, directed by Jack Conway and starring Joan Crawford. The plot is based on a novel by the same name, written by Peter B. Kyne; it was adapted for the screen by Edward T. Lowe Jr..

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Forest ranger Bob Mason (Rockliffe Fellowes) kills a man in self-defense. Kelcey Dale (Carmel Myers), to whom Bob is attracted, commits perjury and causes him to be convicted for murder. Bob escapes and is sheltered by Kelcey's sister, Monica Dale (Joan Crawford).

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