Descriptive Catalogue of Kodascope Library 16mm Motion Pictures: Sixth Edition (1936)

CLASS 8— Dramas 183 the evil Tola, leaves for the city. Here he learns to drink and to gamble and falls into the snare of the siren Tisha. His portion is quickly squandered in idle and luxurious living and Tisha, vexed that he is unable to continue to buy her jewels she craves, transfers her affections to another. Jealous and desperate, Jether yields to the tempting of Tola to play with loaded dice, is discovered, humiliated and reviled. A dreadful famine follows — Jether is nearly starved. Finally, after many tribulations, the humble prodigal returns to his home — changed, ill, in rags. Tidings of Jether's return are brought to Jesse, but he is unable to forgive his son until the intervention of the mother brings about a reconciliation and the feast is spread to celebrate the wanderer's return and his betrothal to Naomi. The director has made the most of this stirring theme and no one can fail to be impressed, not only by the excellence of the cast and the sincerity of the portrayal, but by the beauty and lavishness of the settings. It is a masterly production and will have a universal appeal. 1978 feet— on 5 reels Rental $5.00 8148 Code SEGOR The Fighting Coward Paramount Featuring Ernest Torrence, Cullen Landis, Mary Astor, Noah Beery and Phyllis Haver After years of absence at school in the North, Tom Rumford returns to his Southern home where he becomes engaged to Elvira, his father's ward. Major Patterson, Elvira's disappointed suitor, challenges Tom to a duel without cause, Tom, to v/hom all fighting is repulsive, can see no reason for fighting for the hand of a girl he has already won and refuses the challenge, thereby creating a reputation for cowardice. His stern old father, mortally offended, drives him from home; Elvira returns his ring and the rest of the family spurn him — all but Lucy, Elvira's younger sister, who approves of his refusal to fight. Insulted and scorned, Tom travels down the Mississippi and into the New Orleans gambling house of "General" Orlando Jackson, where he sees and shrinks from more fighting. At this point, "Captain" Blackie, a notorious fighter and killer, feared by all the other men in the place, infuriates Tom by his insults and Tom suddenly sees red. Heedless of results, he amazes all by the fury of his attack on Captain Blackie — and by its results — for Captain Blackie is ingloriously vanquished. Following this encounter, Tom becomes "the notorious Colonel Blake," with a reputation as the most dangerous gambler on the river. Eventually fate brings him back to his old home town, where Elvira has become the unhappy wife of Major Patterson, now overseer of her father's estate, which is badly run down and heavily mortgaged. Dramatically reappearing incognito, Tom first awes and himibles the "brave" men of the family and then reveals his identity. Lucy, who has been waiting and hoping for Tom's return, is disappointed at finding him apparently so changed, but when he explains to her that he has never had but the one fight and that his reputation is all founded on that and the fearlessness that has now become second nature, everything ends happily. Thrills and laughter alternate and abound in this unusual story, extremely well told, of the days when little or no offense called for a fight to defend one's "honor." 1976 feet— on 5 reels Rental $5.00 Take regular weekly service