Cheated Hearts (1921)

Barry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that caused his father's death. His brother, Tom, falls in love with Muriel Beekman, their guardian's daughter. Barry also loves her but feels rejected. Three years later, after extended travels, Barry learns that Tom, having been sent to Morocco by Mr. Beekman, has been captured by desert marauders and is being held for ransom. He begins a search for him and in Tangiers encounters the Beekmans and Kitty Van Ness. Barry and Muriel discover their love for each other, but he refuses to commit himself while Tom is still alive.

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Top billed cast

Herbert RawlinsonBarry Gordon
Warner BaxterTom Gordon
Marjorie DawMuriel Bekkman
Doris PawnKitty Van Ness
Winter HallNathanial Beekman
Josef SwickardColonel Fairfax Gordon
Murdock MacQuarrieIbrahim
Boris KarloffNei Hamid
Anna LehrNaomi
Albert MacQuarrieHassam

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