Hearts in Bondage (1936) on Netflix
Approved19361h 12mDramaHistoryRomanceWar
Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are Navy friends, and Kenneth is engaged to Constance, Raymond's sister. The Civil War divides them: Raymond sides with Virginia, Kenneth stays with the Union.
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Plot summary
Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan serve together as U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Constance, Raymond's sister. When six Southern states secede, a government war council asks two officials from Virginia to declare their loyalty. Commodore Jordan remains with the Union, while Captain Buchanan leaves the Navy for the Confederacy. Raymond, who is engaged to Buchanan's daughter Julie, faces the same test and leaves for Virginia. Kenneth chooses the Union.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hearts in Bondage (1936)
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- The ice-skating scene was shot on a refrigerated sound stage that needed more than 85 tons of refrigeration to offset the heat of the arc lights. An "ice slinger" made the ice and snow, while river sand covered with ice-cold water gave a smooth skating surface.
- Hearts in Bondage was the only film actor Lew Ayres ever directed; he won the job by negotiating with Republic Pictures to star in two of their films in return for letting him direct one.
- According to Thomas, Hearts in Bondage was the first film to depict an American Civil War naval battle since the 1914 silent film The Southerners.
- Republic Pictures reused the film's CSS Virginia-versus-USS Monitor battle footage, plus its scenes of the start of the Civil War, in the 1939 documentary Land of Liberty.
- The naval battles were staged using scale models built by the studio's special-effects team under the direction of Bud Thackery.
