Hearts Divided (1936)
1h 16m
Running Time
June 20, 1936Release Date
Hearts Divided (1936)
1h 16m
Running Time
June 20, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
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Cast & Crew.
Marion Davies
Betsy Patterson
Dick Powell
Captain Jerome Bonaparte
Beulah Bondi
Mother of Napoleon and Jerome
Charles Ruggles
Henry
Claude Rains
Napoleon Bonaparte
Henry Stephenson
Charles Patterson
Frank Borzage
Director
Clara Blandick
Aunt Ellen
Laird Doyle
Writer
Edward Everett Horton
John
Casey Robinson
Writer
Rida Johnson Young
Writer
Arthur Treacher
Sir Harry
George Irving
Thomas Jefferson
George J. Folsey
Cinematographer
William Holmes
Editor
Walter Kingsford
Pichon
Etienne Girardot
Du Fresne
Philip Hurlic
Pippin
Sam McDaniel
Zachariah
Halliwell Hobbes
Cambaceres
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Lew Borzage
Assistant Director
John Gates
Assistant Director
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Hearts Divided is a 1936 American musical film about the real-life marriage between American Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson and Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. It stars Marion Davies and Dick Powell as the couple. The film was a remake of the 1928 silent film Glorious Betsy, which was in turn based on the play Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young. In real life, they were married in Baltimore, before sailing for Europe. Napoleon annulled the marriage, in spite of the existence of a child, and forced Jerome to marry the Princess Catharina, making him king of Westphalia. “Luckily, Hollywood treats the lovers Betsy and Jerome with a little more compassion. The couple is even granted a second chance at happiness by Claude Rains' Napoleon.”