The Clean Heart

Newspaper editor and successful novelist Philip Wriford suffers a mental breakdown from overwork and worry over having to support orphaned children. To get away from the "other self" he imagines is following him, he wanders into the country and befriends Puddlebox, a philosophical tramp, who sacrifices his own life to save Philip. While recovering in a hospital, he meets Essie who eventually restores him to health and happiness. A lost film.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1924

Director:

J. Stuart Blackton

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Company:

Vitagraph Company of America

Cast:

Philip Wriford

Puddlebox

Essie Bickers

Bickers

Mrs. Bickers

Crew:

Director

Novel

Writer