Heartstrings

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Heartstrings

1923

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Romance

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A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.

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7 members

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Gertrude McCoy

Norah

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Victor McLaglen

Frank Wilson

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Sydney Fairbrother

Mrs. Chadwick

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Edith Bishop

Alice Wilson

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Russell Thorndike

Tom Openshaw

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George Bishop

Mr. Chadwick

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Kate Gurney

Mrs. Wilson

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