The River of Romance
Mississippi, 1840s: Tom, brought up by quakers, refuses a challenge to a duel and is deemed a coward. In the company of gambler Orlando he learns that bravery is greatly enhanced by make-believe: he becomes the 'notorious Colonel ...
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"Buddy Rogers was raised by the Quaker relatives of his mother. He returns home to father Henry B. Walthall's southern plantation, where he quickly becomes engaged to Walthall's ward, June Collyer, while her younger sister, Mary Brian also falls in love with him. No sooner has Walthall announced the engagement, than in comes Walter McGrail, who challenges Rogers to a duel. Rogers, because of his upbringing, thinks there's no reason to fight, so Walthall kicks him out for violating the Code Of The Southern Gentleman and marries Miss Collyer to McGrail, who turns out to be an utter..."
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One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. Because of its extreme age, and primitive sound technique, it was rarely taken off the shelf; its earliest documented telecast took place in Boston Monday 20 February 1961 on WBZ (Channel 4).
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Mississippi, 1840s: Tom, brought up by quakers, refuses a challenge to a duel and is deemed a coward. In the company of gambler Orlando he learns that bravery is greatly enhanced by make-believe: he becomes the 'notorious Colonel ...