The Clean Heart

The Clean Heart — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 15, 1924
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• J. Stuart Blackton

The Clean Heart — Cast

Percy Marmont Philip Wriford Otis Harlan Puddlebox Marguerite De La Motte Essie Bickers Andrew Arbuckle Bickers

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Martha Petelle Mrs. Bickers Violet La Plante Brida