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Show "Souls at Sea" Scores Smash Dramatic Hit A trial of a sea captain which, electrified the world some nlnetr years ago Is powerfully and brilliantly brilliant-ly brought back to life In the epic motion picture "Souls at Sea," which plays Sunday and Monday, November Novem-ber 7 and 8, at the Cameo Theatre. I Played by an excellent cast headed by Gary Cooper, George Raft and Francess Dee, "Souls at Sea" Is the story of "Nuggin" Taylor, an ex-slave ex-slave trader, played by Cooper, who happened to be returning from England Eng-land to the United States on the brigantine "William Brown." In mid-Atlantic the "William Brown's" master, played by Harry Carey, was killed and shortly later the vessel caught fire. Because of his rank, Taylor took command of the vessel. I Realizing that there weren't , enough life boats to take care of all the passengers, Taylor held one of the weirdest trials ever held on land , or sea. He ordered the entire ship's J company and passenger list to the ! quarter deck and decided who should be permitted to escape In the life boats and who was to remain behind ! and go to the bottom with the ship, i He Included himself among those to ' go to the lifeboats, not, he swore to I the court later, because of any cow-j cow-j ardice, but inasmuch as because he was the only seaman among the survivors sur-vivors and therefore the only man who could bring tne uierxiaus through safely. The doughty captain brought the frail craft in his charge through safely only to stand charges of manslaughter at sea when he arrived ar-rived on land. There followed the famous trial which is now recognized recogniz-ed as one of the most surprising in the annals of the sea. I "Nuggin's" sweetheard, played by lovely Miss Dee, was one of the passengers aboard the "William Brown," and testified against her sweetheart because he had condemned con-demned her brother, a deserter from the British Navy, to follow the ill-starred ill-starred vessel to the bottom. The outcome of this strange trial is as amazing as is the story itself, true though it be. Suffice it to say that the whole goes to make up one of the most satisfying motion pictures I this reviewer has ever seen. |