When the Heart Calls

{{short description|1912 film}}

{{distinguish|When Calls the Heart}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = When the Heart Calls

| image = Release flier for WHEN THE HEART CALLS, 1912.jpg

| caption = Flier for film

| director = Al Christie

| producer = Nestor Company

| starring = Lee Moran
Russell Bassett
Louise Glaum

| cinematography =

| distributor = Universal Film Company

| released = {{Film date|1912|08|19}}

| runtime = 10 min. (1-reel)

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

When the Heart Calls is a 1912 American silent era short Western comedy film starring Lee Moran, Russell Bassett, Louise Glaum, and Victoria Forde.{{cite web |title=When the Heart Calls |first= |last= |work=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215360/ |date= |accessdate=2010-04-13}}

Directed by Al Christie and produced by the Nestor Company, it was distributed by the Universal Film Company.

When the Heart Calls was filmed at Nestor Studios, the first studio actually located in Hollywood, which was merged with Universal in 1912. It marked Glaum's movie debut.