The Faithful Heart is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey. It is based on the 1921 play The Faithful Heart by Monckton Hoffe. It was made at Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London. The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky.
Plot
At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother.
Cast
Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango
Edna Best as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter
Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe
Laurence Hanray as Major Ango
Anne Grey as Diana
Athole Stewart as Sir Gilbert Oughterson
References
Bibliography
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.