The Wanderer
It's the story of a biblical-era country boy, Jether, who goes off to an unnamed city and gets pulled into the high-life with Tisha, played by Greta Nissen (in maybe her first Hollywood appearance). She's protected by the crooked ...
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"William Collier Jr. Is a shepherd who dreams of the big city -- Babylon in this case. When 19-year-old Greta Nissen shows up on her way home, he's captivated, demands his portion of his inheritance from father Tyrone Power Sr., and goes along, paying everyone's way on the trip. But cafe society is expensive, and here comes rich ship captain Wallace Beery. It's the long-form version of the Parable Of The Prodigal Son, as Demille might have told it: have a good time for five reels and repent in the sixth. Greta Nissen is hot as the priestess of Ishtar who travels by elephant, Wil..."
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Likely to be the first film appearance of Myrna Loy, playing a reveler in an orgy scene. In her autobiography, she describes how she and the other dancers at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, who performed in stage prologues there, were recruited and bussed to the studio one day for this film. She had not been in any films before that, even as an extra.
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It's the story of a biblical-era country boy, Jether, who goes off to an unnamed city and gets pulled into the high-life with Tisha, played by Greta Nissen (in maybe her first Hollywood appearance). She's protected by the crooked ...