Thief of Hearts
About Thief of Hearts
The dancer Elva Marja keeps refusing Henry Corner. He has followed her from city to city for three months, buys every seat so she dances for him alone, and waits outside her house. A burglar gets in. She calls the police and is told they need a quarter of an hour. Corner, already outside, sees the ladder. Erna Schøyen plays Elva. Frederik Buch plays Corner. Lau Lauritzen Sr. directed. The Danish title is Hjertetyven.
Cast & crew
More about Thief of Hearts
Poul Gregaard wrote it. Hugo J. Fischer photographed it. Norwegian censors looked at it on 11 November 1916. It played Norwegian cinemas in 1917 and opened in Finland on 10 September 1917. The Danish premiere was 31 January 1919. Norwegian Wikipedia times it at 21 minutes. Carl Schenstrøm, Gerhard Jessen, and Peter Jørgensen are billed. This record’s year is 1917.
Themes
Making
Nordisk made a one-reel comedy around a rich man who buys the house out and then finds a ladder already at the window.
Look
Hugo J. Fischer shot the theater Corner empties and the villa with the ladder.
Notes
- Schøyen was Norwegian. A Norwegian ad called this her first comedy lead.
- Corner’s letter says he has followed her for three months.
- The police delay is the quarter-hour that leaves him at the ladder.
- The 75-minute figure does not match the 21-minute short.
Scenes
- Corner buys every seat so Elva performs for him alone.
- She calls the police and is told to wait a quarter of an hour.
- He finds the ladder outside the villa.
