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The Red, Red Heart
Also known as The Heart of the Desert in the USA; Le retour du coeur in France
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Wilfred Lucas

Cast: Monroe Salisbury [Kut-le], Ruth Clifford [Rhoda Tuttle], Val Paul [Jack Newman], Gretchen Lederer [Katherine Newman], Allan Sears [John DeWitt], Monte Blue [Billy Porter], Princess Neola (Neola May) [Molly]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Bess Meredyth, from the novel The Heart of the Desert (Kut-le of the Desert) by Honore McCue Willsie Morrow. Cinematography by Dal Clawson and Allan Siegler (Allan G. Siegler). / © 15 March 1918 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP12187]. Released 8 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in France as Le retour du coeur on 13 February 1920.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3663.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 May 2020.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3663; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : ClasIm-226 p. 41; ClasIm-240 p. 46 : Website-IMDb.