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The Seventh Bandit Synopsis
David Scanlon and his brother, Paul, leave their farm and go to California during the gold rush. Paul falls in love with Ann Drath, a dance hall pianist, and is murdered by jealous Ben Goring. David swears revenge and, working on a tip from Ann, poses as an outlaw, joining Goring's bandit band. During a raid on the town bank, David is wounded. Goring abducts Shirley Chalmette, the town doctor, to care for David's head wound, but despite her care David begins to lose his sight. He manages to force Goring to sign a confession, however, and then, although completely blind, kills him in a gunfight. With careful treatment by Dr. Chalmette, his new wife, David recovers full use of his sight.
Love Is Love Synopsis
Weak willed Gerry Sands, who wants to become an editor, is forced by his employer, locksmith Nick Barket, to crack safes, until, during a robbery, he reads some words from a dropped copy of Hamlet , and stops. Overjoyed, his sweetheart Polly Ann Kerry, gets him work at the hotel where she works, but Red Devlin, the brains behind the burglaries, frames Gerry for theft. Devlin bails him out, hoping he will return to safe-cracking, but Gerry leaves town and becomes a typesetter for a Western newspaper. After Polly exposes the crooks, she becomes ill from grief at not hearing from Gerry. Gerry returns and, risking arrest, goes to the police station to locate Polly. The police captain, who loves Polly, but realizes that she loves Gerry, gives him twenty-four hours probation to find and marry her. After he finds her, she thinks that he wants to marry her to escape jail, but the police captain vouches for Gerry's integrity, and they marry.
"The Seventh Bandit" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Love Is Love" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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The Seventh Bandit