filming_location heart o' the hills
___MASK8___ County , officially the County of ___MASK8___ , is a county in ___MASK53___ . With a population of more than ten million people , it is the most populous county in the United States , and larger than that of 42 individual U . S . states . It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at it is larger than the combined areas of the U . S . states of Delaware and Rhode Island . The county is home to more than one quarter of all ___MASK53___ residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U . S . Its county seat , the City of ___MASK8___ , is also its most populous city at about four million . Heart o ' the Hills is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and Sidney Franklin , written by Bernard McConville based on John Fox , Jr . ' s novel of the same name . Bathurst ( 2011 population ; UA ___MASK99___ , 275 ; CA population ___MASK61___ , 424 ) is the county seat for Gloucester County , New Brunswick , and is at the estuary of the Nepisiguit River . Samuel Alfred De Grasse ( June ___MASK99___ , 1875  November 29 , 1953 ) was a Canadian actor . Bernard McConville ( October ___MASK29___ , 1887  December 27 , 1961 ) was an American screenwriter . He wrote for 92 films between 1915 and 1946 . He was born in Denver , ___MASK34___ and died in Los Angeles County , ___MASK53___ . Joseph Louis De Grasse ( May ___MASK12___ , 1873  May ___MASK18___ , 1940 ) was a Canadian film director . Born in Bathurst , New Brunswick , he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse .