Hearts of Men

Hearts of Men

Drama | April 27, 1919

Silent Italy immigrant family relationship romantic melodrama about a poor Italian flower seller whose mother gets sick. The doctor tells him to take his mother to Arizona, which he does with his wife and child. The railroad men in Arizona think he is the start of a wave of Italian immigrants coming to take away their jobs, but they meet his darling son, Beppo, who wins them over. But then, his wife dies, and he gets involved with an immigrant Italian woman who takes Beppo back to Italy, but the railroad men help him get Beppo back. It turns out his land has oil on it, so he's fabulously rich, and he shares the fortune with the railroad men!

Hearts of Men

Drama | April 27, 1919

Hearts of Men
Silent Italy immigrant family relationship romantic melodrama about a poor Italian flower seller whose mother gets sick. The doctor tells him to take his mother to Arizona, which he does with his wife and child. The railroad men in Arizona think he is the start of a wave of Italian immigrants coming to take away their jobs, but they meet his darling son, Beppo, who wins them over. But then, his wife dies, and he gets involved with an immigrant Italian woman who takes Beppo back to Italy, but the railroad men help him get Beppo back. It turns out his land has oil on it, so he's fabulously rich, and he shares the fortune with the railroad men!
Producers Hiram Abrams Productions
Original title Hearts of Men
Directors George Beban
Writers William M. McCoy, Helen Filson, Harvey F. Thew

Cast

George Beban

as Nicolo Rosetti

Sarah Kernan

as Maria Rosetti

George Beban Jr.

as Beppo Rosetti

Mabel Van Buren

as Tina Ferronni

Harry L. Rattenberry

as Judge Newcombe

George Pierson

as Steve, the Clerk

Clarence Burton

as Buck Hughes

Hop Sing

as Self