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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,359 films · Page 133.

Mother of the Shadows (1914)

drama film, silent film

According to a film magazine, "Laughing Moon loves Lieutenant Eldridge, who confesses to being the father of her child, and at the Colonel's command, he marries her. In time the Indian girl realizes that her American husband is ashamed of her — and when she overhears him say that when their son is older he also will be ashamed of his shapeless, parchment skinned squaw mother, her heart is broken. Not long after this, the Sioux chief quarrels with the Colonel, and one of the chiefs warriors is placed under arrest at the post.

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Wild to Go (1926)

silent film

As described in a film magazine, Tom Blake, on his way to get money from the bank to pay off the mortgage on his boss's ranch, is intercepted by Jake Trumbull, the foreman of Simon Purdy, the man who holds the mortgage. Tom is shanghaied, but escapes and swims ashore to a school for young women, where he meets Marjorie Felton, his boss's daughter. Jake then kidnaps Tom and Marjorie and forces Tom to state where he left the check.

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