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Out of the Fog Synopsis
Faith Coffin, anguished after her lover drowns, confesses to her brother Job, a religious fanatic, that she is pregnant. After Faith gives birth, Job drives her to suicide by taking her to a secluded lighthouse in the Florida Keys where she jumps to her death. Job keeps Faith's daughter Eve from human contact until, at twenty, she is kissed by Jim Smooth, a half-witted sailor. The kiss awakens her to feelings which develop further when she assists a widow giving birth on a nearby yacht and falls in love with Philip Blake, the yacht captain. After Philip takes the widow home and returns, Job locks Eve in the lighthouse and says that she is dead. Smooth, now Philip's mate, attacks Eve when she has been released and in turn locks Job in the tower. After Philip saves Eve, they find Job dead from heart failure which occurred when he tried to get out of the tower to rescue Eve.
The Reign of Terror Synopsis
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine. Lindey finds himself involved in the plot.
"The Reign of Terror" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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Out of the Fog