Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World
Lobby poster
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith (credited as Capt. Victor Marier and M. Gaston de Tolignac)
Produced byD. W. Griffith
StarringLillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
Ben Alexander
Robert Harron
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Alfred Machin
Hendrik Sartov
Edited byJames Smith
Rose Smith
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 12, 1918 (1918-03-12)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$425,000[1]
Box office$1.5 million[1]
Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World (also known as Love's Struggle) is a 1918 American silent World War I propaganda film written, produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. In an effort to change the American public's neutral stance regarding the war, the British government contacted Griffith due to his stature and reputation for dramatic filmmaking.[2][3]

Hearts of the World stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish and Robert Harron. The film was produced by D.W. Griffith Productions, Famous Players–Lasky Corporation and the War Office Committee was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Artcraft Pictures Corporation banner.

  1. ^ a b "Griffith's 20 Year Record". Variety. September 5, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Shearer, Benjamin F. (2007). Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 2. Vol. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-313-33422-1.
  3. ^ Keil, Charlie; Singer, Ben (2009). American Cinema of the 1910s: Themes and Variations. Rutgers University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-813-54445-8.

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