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...cards by which a gambler could infallibly make his fortune. The soldier, Heran, loved Lisa, the granddaughter, but he had no money. The countess's secret preyed upon him and he hid himself one night in her room, sneaked out when she was alone, threatened her, until, from shock, the old lady died...
...acting, a most vital factor in the success of a performance depending so little on its setting and embellishments, is thoroughly competent and convincing. Claude Allister in particular gives a marvelously deft rendering of the English nobleman who lost his senses through shell shock during the war. Charles McNaughton, as the supposedly dead Tommy, also does a very capable piece of work...
Used to the ways of trappers. Mme. Courtois did not expect her husband and sons back from their business until the Spring. But June came, the fishing season started, and still they did not return. Neighboring trappers and lumbermen talked of organizing search parties. But, remembering shock-headed Dave Courtois' experience, his brawn, his ability to quaff tin dippers of "trade whiskey" from a barrel, they waited...
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...when there actually were such people who guided the destinies of bewildered Freshmen. Today it is obvious that they are traditions of the past and that the Freshman who comes to college with the feeling that he can revive a tradition long dead, and buried is due for a shock sometime in his four years at Harvard...