The Prayers of Manuelo
Manuelo, a poor Mexican newlywed ill with fever, is penniless. He gets up from his bed and goes to the nearest town to find food. Having no money, he steals a few beans and is kicked out as a "lazy Greaser." He returns to his wife...
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"A picture of two very simple-hearted and devout Mexicans, Manuelo (played by George Stanley) and Papeta, his wife (by Ann Schaefer). Their lot in life is very lowly; but they appeal to a saint whose statue stands in its niche of wood at the desert's edge. The prayers are answered. We see it all as natural luck; Manuelo sees it as a miracle. The impression that the picture leaves is distinctly religious; it could hardly have been written by anyone but a devout believer or by one in the surest sympathy with the simple folk he pictures. It seems to us out of the ordinary, A good picture, wel..."
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Manuelo, a poor Mexican newlywed ill with fever, is penniless. He gets up from his bed and goes to the nearest town to find food. Having no money, he steals a few beans and is kicked out as a "lazy Greaser." He returns to his wife...