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True Heart Susie is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. W. Griffith released in USA on 1 june 1919 with Lillian Gish

True Heart Susie (1919)

True Heart Susie
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Released in USA 1 june 1919
Length 1h27
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating68% 3.446323.446323.446323.446323.44632

True Heart Susie is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. The film has seen several VHS releases as well as a DVD issue.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, "True Heart Susie" (Gish) lives with her aunt (O'Connor) and loves stupid William Jenkins (Harron). Her love is so great that she sacrifices the family cow, a pet of hers, and other farm produce so that he can go to college, but the benefaction is a secret one, and he finishes his theological studies without suspecting that she aided him. He has impressed her that she must dress as plainly as possible, and she is so attired when she goes with him for a "sody" on his triumphant return from college, but his eyes wonder to girls giving a more attractive expression of themselves. After he becomes a minister, he cruelly consults Susie about the policy of taking a wife, and almost breaks her heart when he weds gay Bettina "Betty" Hopkins (Seymour), expecting his bride to adopt herself to his colorless life. The young wife fails to satisfy her husband with her cooking, with William finding the dishes Susie makes more to his taste. He begins to regret his marriage, and so does his wife, who escapes the monotony of her marriage by attending a dance at a neighboring house. After she loses her key and gets caught in the rain on the way home, Betty appeals to Susie, who shields her from the consequences as far as the minister is concerned. However, Betty's fright and her soaking bring on a fatal sickness, and it is after her death that her husband learns of her escapade. Although he swears never to marry again, he finds that True Heart Susie has given the one opportunity of his life, and he returns to her with the offering of his hand in marriage.

Actors

Lillian Gish

(Susie May Trueheart)Robert Harron

(William Jenkins)George Fawcett

(The Stranger)Clarine Seymour

(Bettina Hopkins)Mae Marsh
And :
Kate Bruce
Carol Dempster
Raymond Cannon
Wilbur Higby
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