Hearts Adrift

Hearts Adrift (1914)

A drama of tangled lives, interwoven with the mist of the sea

A lost film. A man and a woman are shipwrecked on a desert island. It doesn't take long before they fall in love and, figuring that they would never see civilization again, declare themselves married and eventually have a child. One day, however...

Date of release
1914-02-09
Runtime
50m
Genres
Romance
Director
Edwin S. Porter

Casting

Interesting facts

Hearts Adrift is a 1914 American silent short romance film directed by Edwin S. Porter. The film is now considered lost.

Production

The film bears a great resemblance to the 1911 story As the Sparks Fly Upward by Cyrus Townsend Brady. The film did not credit Brady, who sued the studio. The film's story also bears resemblance to the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The story was also filmed various times under the title The Blue Lagoon, in a 1923 version, a 1949 version starring Jean Simmons, and a 1980 version starring Brooke Shields.

The film proved to be a huge success. Actress Mary Pickford eventually demanded a higher salary from Adolph Zukor as her popularity rose because of this film.

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