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Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur Synopsis
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
Blackmail Synopsis
Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.
"Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Blackmail" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne KörperkulturBoth films share