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Show "GODLESS MEN"" There is the twang of the sea. the thrill of the human combat with the elements and the drama of red-blooc" ed sailors in "Godless Men" the Reginald Barker Production, a Gold-win Gold-win offering. This photo play is a film adaption of the Ben Ames Williams story. "Black Pawl," which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The action centers about a brutal old sea-dog who has been called "Black Paul". He rules his ship Debora with fear, the most mutinous character being his own son, Red Pawl. He had taken tak-en his boy at tender age on a vay-age vay-age only to return and find the mother moth-er with her little daughter bad eloped elop-ed with another man. from that moment mo-ment he denied the existence of God and taught his son the gospel of hate. On the island, a missionary. Samuel Sam-uel Poor, had attended a dying woman wo-man who pleaded with him to get her daughter back to civilization on the first boat. Red Pawl looked lustfully upon the girl and conspired with a seaman. Spiess. to kill his father that he. Red Pawl, might be master of the ship and of the girl. On board a pure love affair had sprung up between Ruth and second mate Dan Darrin. The girl felt an unaccountable confidence in Black-Pawl, Black-Pawl, whom everyone else feared. A terrific storm arose and a sustain sus-tain his strength Black Paul drnnk freely. Ruth attempted to nurse him, when, with a strength apparent ly exhausted he retired to his cabin. But liquor had fired the lust in his veins and he crushed her into his arms. As she tore from him her waist was rent about the neck disclosing dis-closing a locket. Black Pawl recognized recog-nized in this a gift to -his wife and discovered this was his own daughter. daugh-ter. He realized then that as her protector, pro-tector, he had to guard her against her own brother. He went to Red Pawl, told him that Ruth was his own sister. Red sneeringly retorted that he -had only made up the story that he might have the girl for himself. him-self. Shortly afterward, Spiess. who had been egged on by Red Paul, plunged a dagger in Black Pawl's back. Black Pawl called to Red to give him his gun that justice might be done. Red figured that with Spiess dead he would be supreme on the ship and gave his revolver to his father. Then he lowered the gun and sent the bullet into his own son's heart. As the youth dropped, Black-Pawl Black-Pawl yelled) to Dan to take command of the ship. Then the father and son in a las-embrace, las-embrace, died together. Thursday and Friday of this week at the Kin-ama Kin-ama theatre. |