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Big Game Synopsis
Larry Winthrop, the pampered son of an aristocratic Boston family, is loved by his wife, Eleanor, but she wants him to prove himself to her as a man. She accompanies him when he is called to Canada on business and there meets Jean St. Jean, a Canadian guide who fancies himself irresistible to the ladies. Hoping to make her husband jealous, Eleanor engages Jean to go with them to a cabin in the woods. The three are snowbound there, and when Jean defies Larry and seizes Eleanor, the husband loses all signs of cowardice and finds himself. Jean is whipped, and Eleanor is delighted that Larry is at last a "real man."
A Sister to Salome Synopsis
When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.
"Big Game" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "A Sister to Salome" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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