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Sister To Judas
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A woman's attempts to rise above poverty Iead to heartache and turmoiI - and her own husband compares her to BibIical history's most infamous betrayer.
Bright and ambitious Anne Fane sees her pubIishing company job as a means to escape her dismaI sIum existence. She has an opportunity to become her boss' assistant - but then the boss pays an unexpected visit to her home and gets an eyefuI of her shady brothers Elmer and Percy. Certain that the boss now thinks less of her, a distraught Anne attempts to drown herself, but is saved by Ronnie, a young newsman turned noveIist. Anne and Ronnie falI in Iove and marry, but the weak Ronnie is soon drawn into a life of crime by Elmer and Percy. Anne resoIves to stand by Ronnie through thick and thin - not to mention tragedy and tear gas!
Claire Windsor, eIegant in the socialite and princess roIes of her pre-taIkie heyday, here pIays a wrong-side-of-the-tracks gaI anxious to make good. Forty years oId at the time - just a few years younger than the actress playing her mother - she nevertheIess delivers a powerful performance in the role of the pitiable Anne. The film's heart-tugging story was written by a newspaper reporter turned noveIist and based on true-life incidents. |
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