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Scandalous Women on Screen: Hearts Divided (1936)

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Hearts Divided (1936) Warner Bros. Studios Director: Frank Borzage Screenplay by: Laird Doyle & Casey Robinson from the play "Glorious Betsy" by Rida Johnson Young Cast: Marion Davies as Elizabeth Patterson Dick Powell as Captain Jerome Bonaparte Charles Ruggles as Senator Henry Ruggles Claude Rains as Napoleon Bonaparte Edward Everett Horton as Senator John Hathaway Arthur Treacher as Sir Harry Henry Stephenson as Charles Patterson Clara Blandick as Aunt Ellen Patterson John Larkin as Isham Walter Kingsford as Monsieur Pichon Etienne Girardot as Monsieur Du Fresne Halliwell Hobbes as Cambaceres George Irving as President Thomas Jefferson Beulah Bondi as Madame Letizia Bonaparte Synopsis:  Napoleon (Claude Rains) needs money in order to continue his quest for world domination in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome (Dick Powell), to the U.S. on a