![HEARTS ARE TRUMPS](http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/media/w540h540/collection/M328.jpg)
Part of the Mabey Collection
HEARTS ARE TRUMPS C1898
Not Known
Details
- Dimension
- 71 X 51 CM
- Media
- LITHOGRAPH
- Accession number
- M/328
Summary
Hearts are Trumps, subtitled ‘An Original Drama of Modern Life’, was a play by Cecil Raleigh (ne Rowlands) first shown at the Theatre Royal in London. Raleigh was known for his melodramas and When Hearts are Trumps does not disappoint. The somewhat convoluted story involved unsuitable marriage, parental estrangement, gambling debts, revenge and humiliation until the four protagonists are reunited in a blinding snow storm proving hearts are indeed trumps. The play was later made into a silent feature film, directed by Rex Ingram, in 1920.
Glossary
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Film
A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.