Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
James Dunn
Lt. Kenneth Reynolds
Hearts in Bondage
“Inspired romance - Bright gallantry - High courage - Against the blood-stained background of a war-torn nation!”
4.4
1936
1h 12m
DramaHistory
Director: Lew Ayres
Overview
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Cast
Constance Jordan
Mae Clarke
Constance Jordan
Raymond Jordan
David Manners
Raymond Jordan
Julie Buchanan
Charlotte Henry
Julie Buchanan
Capt. Buchanan
Henry B. Walthall
Capt. Buchanan
Capt. John Ericsson
Fritz Leiber
Capt. John Ericsson
Commodore Jordan
George Irving
Commodore Jordan
Rammer
Smiley Burnette
Rammer
Reviews
CinemaSerf
This is quite a fun tale of the first "Ironclad" naval battles of the American Civil War that pitched the "Merrimac" against the "Monitor". Despite the fact that much of it looks like it was filmed in a large swimming pool, the effects are actually quite good - lots of black smoke and painted ping-pong balls provide for some entertaining sea battle effects. There is a parallel melodrama of brothers forced to take sides, and young love plays in here somewhere too, but that's all just run-of-the mill "humanity" added into what is essentially a boys-own story of sea battles and clever inventions.
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