The Roue's Heart

Movie
Original title	The Roue's Heart
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1909
length	8 minutes
Rod
Director	David Wark Griffith
script	David Wark Griffith
production	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
camera	GW Bitzer
occupation
	Harry Solter : Monsieur Flamant; Marion Leonard : blind sculptor; Linda Arvidson : noble friend of the sculptor; Gladys Egan : Child; John R. Cumpson : Nobleman; Adele DeGarde : model; Anita Hendrie : Nobles; Charles Inslee : nobleman; Arthur V. Johnson : Nobleman and Servant; Florence Lawrence : Nobles; David Miles : Noble; Owen Moore : Nobleman; Barry O'Moore (Herbert Yost): Nobleman; Mack Sennett : Servant; Dorothy West : friend of the sculptor;

The Roue's Heart ( German : Das Herz des Frauenhelden ) is an American melodrama film by director David Wark Griffith from 1909 . The screenplay was also written by David Wark Griffith, the silent film is a production of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company .

action

The action is set in the French nobility. Monsieur Flamant is a womanizer and bon vivant , referred to in English as rake or roue . Flamant can afford every conceivable luxury and pastime due to its limitless wealth. Still, he often feels down and disgusted by the flatterers around him. In search of diversion, he goes to an art gallery. There he notices a young woman who is offering a charming sculpture for sale. Attracted by the work of art and his saleswoman, he buys the sculpture on the spot and follows the saleswoman home.

There he learns that the saleswoman is the sculptor's housemaid, and at the sight of her he falls madly in love with her. Flamant arranges to be able to sit as a model for his own bust. When the work is finished, he confesses his love for the artist and proposes to her, but she rejects him. Nevertheless, she loves Flamant and after his departure cries out: “O God. How much I love him! And yet it mustn't be. "

A little girl, a model of the sculptor, witnesses the outburst of emotion. She goes to Flamant's palace and reveals the truth to him. He rushes with the girl in his arms to the sculptor's studio, where he can dispel her concerns and succeeds with another marriage proposal.

Production notes

The Roue's Heart is a one-reeler on 35mm film that is 755 feet long . The film was registered with the United States Copyright Office on March 8, 1909 , and was released in theaters the same day.

criticism

The Moving Picture World published brief synopsis in its editions of March 6 and 13, 1909. The reviewer highlighted the outstanding attention to detail and the unusually attractive stage design. The audience followed some scenes breathlessly, especially the rejected first marriage proposal.

Individual evidence

[MPW1-1] The Roue's Heart . In: The Moving Picture World , Volume 4, No. 10, March 6, 1909, p. 278, digitized .

[MPW2-2] The Roue's Heart . In: The Moving Picture World , Volume 4, No. 11, March 13, 1909, p. 304, digitized .

[IMDb-3] The Roue's Heart in the Internet Movie Database (English)