---
title: 'Hearts Divided (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Borzage'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hearts-divided-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027726/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hearts Divided (1936)

1936 · 87 min · Drama, History, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Hearts Divided is a 1936 American musical film about the real-life marriage between American Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson and Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. It stars Marion Davies and Dick Powell as the couple. The film was a remake of the 1928 silent film Glorious Betsy, which was in turn based on the play Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young. In real life, they were married in Baltimore, before sailing for Europe. Napoleon annulled the marriage, in spite of the existence of a child, and forced Jerome to marry Catharina of Württemberg, making him king of Westphalia. “Luckily, Hollywood treats the lovers Betsy and Jerome with a little more compassion. The couple is even granted a second chance at happiness by Claude Rains' Napoleon.”

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Manuela Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-gomez)
- **Director:** [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage)
- **Screenplay:** [Casey Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/casey-robinson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Erich Wolfgang Korngold](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-wolfgang-korngold)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [Arthur Treacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-treacher)
- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi)
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-everett-horton)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [John Larkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-larkin)
- [Dick Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-powell)
- [Etienne Girardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/etienne-girardot)
- [Claude Rains](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rains)
- [Manuela Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-gomez)
- [Charles Ruggles](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-ruggles)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Clara Blandick](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-blandick)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Walter Kingsford](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-kingsford)

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