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Show MASTERPIECE OF LONDON IT 01 SCORES BIO mi Jack London was a weaver of romances ro-mances that thrilled the world, and in none of his works has he told a more fascinating story than In "The Mutiny of the Elsinore." vividly translated trans-lated to the screen with an all-star cast. It is an elemental drama of i strong men in conflict, through which runs a tender love story that is crowned by heroic salf-sacfifli e Frankly it Is a narrative of the ocean stretches, ami It-. h.nacters have the strength of the sea. 1'erbaps Chief among them is the roui;h and ready John Pike, first mate of the good ship llslnorc gentle nnd considerate towards women, but ruling men by an iron hand when they seek to overstep over-step his authority Betting out on a voyage around the Horn with a mote-ly mote-ly crew composed of the riff raff of the docks thugs and gunmen shanK-: haled aboard while recovering from drunken orgies, 1'ike has also in his charge the beautiful Margaret West, daughter of a half-owner of the ves-j Bel, and young Dick Sonicrs. son ofj the ship's captain. Led by Snoop Jon-, kins, alias 'The Rat,' the sullen crew resolves, when th Klsinore Is In mid -J "can, to come to grips with the first mate. There is n mutiny, led by Andreas An-dreas Mclialre. second mate. who I seeks to possess Margaret, llow John j J'ike meets tblf situation, fraught with i peril to himself and LhoSe under his j care, is told in bold and sweeping i strokes, with that touch of g.-inu. th.it was Jack London's alone. The production pro-duction has been made on a lavish scale and its multitude of Intensely dramatic scenes rise In a crescendo I to a finish that Is powerful In Its ap- peal. |