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Synopsis
Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to
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United States · Classical Hollywood
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Robert K. Lightning, “’We Have Secrets’: Borzage, Romance and the Bourgeois State”, CineAction , 46
Robert K. Lightning, “’We Have Secrets’: Borzage, Romance and the Bourgeois State”, CineAction , 46
Kent Jones, “The Sanctum Sanctorum of Love”, Film Comment , September/October
Kent Jones, “The Sanctum Sanctorum of Love”, Film Comment , September/October
Films with Similar Themes
sacrifice and redemption · ambition versus loyalty · class and wealth · war and disability · romantic conflict
