Empty Hearts

For the novel by Juli Zeh, see Empty Hearts (novel).

Empty Hearts is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell. Adele Buffington wrote the scenario based on Evelyn Campbell's story published in Metropolitan.^[1][2]

Empty Hearts
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Directed by	Alfred Santell
Written by	Adele Buffington (scenario)
Story by	Evelyn Campbell
Produced by	Ben Verschleiser
Starring	John Bowers Charles Murray John Miljan Clara Bow
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Production company	Banner Productions
Distributed by	Henry Ginsberg Distributing Company
Release date	September 15, 1924 (1924-09-15) (U.S.)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Milt Kimberlin marries a cabaret dancer who dies after he loses his money. Years later, he regains his fortune and remarries, but he is distant and misses his first wife. His new wife leaves him after a blackmailer's letter arrives suggesting infidelity in his first marriage, but eventually the truth is revealed and their relationship grows stronger.

Cast

• John Bowers as Milt Kimberlin
• Charles Murray as Joe Delane
• John Miljan as Frank Gorman
• Clara Bow as Rosalie
• Buck Black as Val Kimberlin
• Lillian Rich as Madeline
• Joan Standing as Hilda, the maid

Preservation

An incomplete print of Empty Hearts is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[3]