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Dead Game Synopsis
"Katy" Didd is in love with Alice, but her guardian wishes her to marry Tetlow, an influential man in town. Katy knows Alice will be unhappy with Tetlow, and decides to win her by force. While Alice is on her way to meet Tetlow for the wedding, Katy holds up the stage and kidnaps her. Tetlow suspects Katy and has him captured and taken to the desert to die. Katy escapes, and returns to town just in time to stop the wedding ceremony. He gallops into the church and carries Alice off with him.
The Great Shadow Synopsis
Jim McDonald, the foreman of a shipbuilding plant and head of the labor union, strives to combat the anarchistic propaganda being put forth by Klimoff, the leader of a Bolshevik gang whose goal is to disrupt the country with strikes and anarchy. Despite McDonald's efforts, a strike is called, resulting in chaos. McDonald's child is knocked down by runaway horses abandoned by their striking driver, and dies. Mob scenes take place in America, as well as in Russia. Eventually, the unrest is quelled with an armistice called between Capital and Labor for a year, during which time wages are to be increased to reflect the cost of living, and leaders are to work out a common plan for their mutual advantage. The strikers now realize that they have been pawns of the Bolsheviks and call off the strike, agreeing to the plan.
"Dead Game" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Great Shadow" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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