09 December 1913 Crime 11 mins
Detective William Burke is assigned to capture George Watson, an escaped criminal. Six years of sleuthing discovers nothing, and Burke reports to the chief that he is unable to capture the fugitive from justice. During the six years Watson has prospered, and with his wife and family settles in a quiet dignified neighborhood.
Watch the official The Heart of the Law 1913 trailer in HD below.
Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.
Either a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it was removed following a request from the copyright holder.
Richard Travers as George Watson
Ruth Stonehouse as Mrs. George Watson
Otis Schaefer as The Watson Child
E.H. Calvert as Detective William Burke
Lillian Drew as His Wife
Master Calvert as Their son
Charles Hitchcock as The Brakeman
United States 09 December 1913
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1913:
22 June 1913
Pearl's father disapproves of her sweetheart, Chester, and tries to use a mind-over-matter technique to keep him away.
01 June 1913
The items presented are: “The latest American dance sensation THE BUMBLE BEE STING as being danced with enormous success nightly by SEYMOUR HICKS” “FACIAL EXPRESSIONS BY SEYMOUR HICKS – ‘some do it this way’ (the various ways of kissing)”; followed by “The various ways of taking medicine” “MISS ELLALINE TERRISS and original company in her well known dance from the Musical play THE MODEL AND THE MAID (‘If I were a boy’)”.
04 August 1913
A lazy sculptor squanders his advance and has to think outside the box to meet his deadline. At short notice, the sculptor has received the task of carving a copy of the famous statue “The Swimmer”.
01 April 1913
A girl, beautiful but heartless and ambitious, was the daughter of a poor miner and was devotedly loved by a man in her own station of life.
26 September 1913
In this one, Max is engaged to a girl -- called, as in all his shorts, 'Jane' -- and she loves her pussycat.
27 July 1913
Neilan, an architect, young and ambitious, having graduated with honors, procures a position as assistant in the city architect's office.
27 February 1913
In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's apartment.
23 September 1913
Tom Chatterton is called a coward because he will not enlist in the Home Guard during the Civil War -- his mother is dying and he does not wish to leave while she is still alive.
31 August 1913
A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.
Have you watched The Heart of the Law yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1913 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.