Hearts In Bondage (1936)
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.
Inspired romance - Bright gallantry - High courage - Against the blood-stained background of a war-torn nation!
Paddy Callahan: [to the ship] Here you are, young lady. An' if you do a good job, I may learn to like you too!
Republic Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Studio)
This was the only film directed by Lew Ayres.
Constance Jordan was born in 1838.
The film takes place from March 1861 to March 1862.
The only shared credit of David Manners (the male romantic lead of Dracula (1931) and The Mummy (1932)) and Mae Clarke (the female romantic lead of Frankenstein (1931)).
Audio/visual unsynchronized
In the opening scene the piccolo player not only mimes his finger movements very badly but the angle of his embouchure is incorrect; no sound would result.