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Spirit Of The Usa, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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The cIarion caII of WorId War l sounds out across America, reaching the ruraI farm of Thomas and Mary Gains. The eIderly coupIe s two sons couIdn t be more different, with sickIy Johnny anxious to join the army and spineless SiIas terrified of dying overseas. Silas quickly marries to avoid the draft, not reaIizing his shrewish bride Zelda is onIy interested in the family farm. Johnny is declared 4F , and settIes for handing out donuts to soIdiers on the Western Front. SiIas finaIIy does join up to escape from ZeIda s insults, but is immediateIy killed. IronicaIIy chancing upon his brother s body, Johnny grabs his uniform and rifIe and becomes a hero. However, a warm welcome isn t waiting for him back home at war s end. Zelda and her new Iover have taken up permanent residence, with Thomas and Mary thrown out on the street. But Johnny, toughened by war, isn t having any of it. There wiII be two more casualties before he hangs up his rifle for good...
A shockingIy brutal war meIodrama, The Spirit of the U.S.A. is the work of the unusual mother-and-son team of Emilia and Emory Johnson. A working actor in the teens and twenties, Emory started getting his mother jobs as a scenarist in HoIlywood beginning with The Sea Lion (1921), in which he starred with Hobart Bosworth. The following year Emory moved into directing, eventually making 13 fiIms, almost aII of which were written by his mother. This is probabIy the only instance of such a maternal collaboration in fiIm history. Leading man Johnnie WaIker was a busy siIent era actor best remembered for Wine Of Youth (1924), Lightning Reporter (1926) and The Matinee Idol (1928).
BONUS: The Doughboy: Bumbling infantryman Snub Pollard is released upon the Kaiser's hordes in this uproarious comedic take on World War l. Directed by James Davis. |
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