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directed by Raymond Cannon and starring

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and

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.Pitts p.340 It is now considered a

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Synopsis

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plans to flood a

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in order to construct a new

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Garry arrives in the area to oversee the project. He falls in love with Caroline, the adopted daughter of local landowner Colonel Bradford but makes an enemy of the Colonel's nephew Jack. Jack kills the Colonel during a dispute and tries to frame Garry. He then destroys a

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which leads to Caroline being trapped in a

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until she is rescued by Garry.

Cast

as Garry *

as Caroline *

as Jack Bradford * Walter Miller as Morton * Palmer Morrison as Colonel Bradford * Robert Frazier as Esau * The Russell Wooding's Jubilee Singers as Singers

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 musical films 1931 drama films American musical films American drama films Films directed by Raymond Cannon American black-and-white films Films set in Tennessee 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub