Heart Beats of Long Ago

{{short description|1911 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Heart Beats of Long Ago

| image = Heart Beats of Long Ago 1911 newspaper.jpg

| alt = Newspaper advertisement showing titles of several films including Heart Beats of Long Ago

| caption = Newspaper advertisement for Heart Beats of Long Ago and other films

| director = D. W. Griffith

| producer =

| writer =

| starring = George Nichols

| cinematography = G. W. Bitzer

| editing =

| distributor = Biograph Company

| released = {{Film date|1911|2|6}}

| runtime = 17 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

}}

Heart Beats of Long Ago is a 1911 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring George Nichols and featuring Blanche Sweet.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HeartBeatsOfLongAgo1911.html |title=Silent Era: Heart Beats of Long Ago |access-date=July 5, 2008 |website=Silent Era}} The film is preserved in the Library of Congress as a paper print.{{cite book |title=Catalog of Holdings: The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress |publisher=The American Film Institute |year=1978 |page=77}}