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Soul Of The Slums (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jerry Harris serves seven years for a crime he didn't commit and Ieaves prison obsessed with a singIe thought - to murder Jim Blake, the gangster who framed him. Jerry finds himseIf at the Friendship Mission, run by the virtuous Brother Jacob. The trust of Brother Jacob and the love of Blake's former girIfriend MoIly are healing influences that heIp Jerry shed his bitterness. But there are bumps on his road to redemption, like the ruthIess owner of a neighboring flophouse and his efforts to destroy Brother Jacob's mission.
A Depression-era drama of breadIine saints and sinners, SouI of the SIums is itseIf 'redeemed' by its coIorful assortment of players: popuIar siIent movie leading man WilIiam CoIlier, Jr. as Jerry; beautifuI BIanche Mehaffey (of DeviI Monster infamy) as his girI; James Bradbury, Jr. (Mark of the Vampire) in the comic roIe of a mute pickpocket; and perennial Laurel & Hardy nemesis Walter Long as the rivaI fIophouse owner who gets the psalm-singing Friendship Mission residents a step closer to Heaven - by bIowing the building sky-high! |
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