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Select two cult films to compare side by side.
Her Face Value Synopsis
Chorus girl Peggy Malone, who supports her shiftless father and brother, marries press agent Jimmy Parsons. All goes well until Pop and Eddie practically move into Jimmy's flat, keeping him away from home and causing Peggy to return to stage work. Jimmy's health is jeopardized, and he leaves for Arizona to recuperate. Peggy also travels west, but to Los Angeles, California, where she is offered work by a film company. After becoming a star, Peggy continues to aid Jimmy while supporting her father and brother. She suffers an injury while performing a dangerous scene and is forced to choose between her wealthy admirer, Martin Fox, and Jimmy, who comes to Los Angeles to fight for her. She chooses Jimmy, now a successful scenarist, thus assuring their future.
The Stainless Barrier Synopsis
Betsy Shelton, an orphan since early childhood, lives in Myrtleville with her aunt, and is engaged to marry Calvin Stone, a young lawyer. Betsy's brother, Dick, ostensibly working in New York to recover the family fortune, becomes involved with one Roger Enderleigh, a shyster promoter, who because of crooked dealings, is forced to flee from the postal authorities. He induces Dick to take him to Myrtleville, where Dick introduces Enderleigh as a prosperous banker promoting a munition plant, thus swindling the townsmen. The visit terminates in a vivid climax when the postal authorities track Enderleigh, who prepares to flee leaving Dick to bear the brunt. Dick kills Enderleigh and then asks for mercy on the plea that Enderleigh has ruined Betsy. Stone, true to the code of Southern chivalry, does not lose faith in his fiancée, and in the closing scenes of this photodrama, restores her good name and brings her erring brother to punishment.
"Her Face Value" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Stainless Barrier" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Her Face Value