The Heart of a Siren
This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.
This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.
Barbara La Marr
Isabella Echevaria
Conway Tearle
Gerald Rexford
Harry T. Morey
John Strong
Paul Doucet
Mario Gonzalez
Florence Auer
Lisette
Ida Darling
Mrs. Rexford - Duchess of Chatham
William Ricciardi
Isabella's Uncle Emilio
Clifton Webb
Maxim
Florence Billings
Lady Louise Calvert
This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
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