Hearts Divided
| Hearts Divided | |
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Written by | Laird Doyle Casey Robinson |
| Based on | Glorious Betsy 1908 play by Rida Johnson Young |
| Produced by | Frank Borzage Marion Davies (uncredited) |
| Starring | Marion Davies Dick Powell Charles Ruggles |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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 Catharina of Württemberg, 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.”