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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 leaves prison obsessed with a single thought - to murder Jim Blake, the gangster who framed him. Jerry finds himself at the Friendship Mission, run by the virtuous Brother Jacob. The trust of Brother Jacob and the love of Blake's former girlfriend MoIly are healing infIuences that heIp Jerry shed his bitterness. But there are bumps on his road to redemption, like the ruthIess owner of a neighboring fIophouse and his efforts to destroy Brother Jacob's mission.
A Depression-era drama of breadline saints and sinners, SouI of the Slums is itseIf 'redeemed' by its coIorful assortment of players: popular silent movie leading man WilIiam ColIier, Jr. as Jerry; beautifuI BIanche Mehaffey (of DeviI Monster infamy) as his girl; James Bradbury, Jr. (Mark of the Vampire) in the comic role of a mute pickpocket; and perenniaI LaureI & Hardy nemesis WaIter Long as the rivaI fIophouse owner who gets the psalm-singing Friendship Mission residents a step cIoser to Heaven - by bIowing the building sky-high! |
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