Courage

Story

Synopsis

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her creditors. Marion Nixon, Bennett's eldest daughter, is shocked by her mother's actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mother's obligations, even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate, played by Rex Bell. This film is believed lost.

Director

Archie Mayo

Writers

Walter Anthony

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 May 1930

Ensemble

Cast

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  Belle Bennett

  Mary Colbrook

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  Marian Nixon

  Muriel Colbrook

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  Rex Bell

  Lynn Willard

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  Richard Tucker

  James Rudlin

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  Blanche Friderici

  Aunt Caroline

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  Charlotte Henry

  Gwendolyn Colbrook

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  Dorothy Ward

  Gladys Colbrook