08/04/2017
Rising Sun. Indiana, in the early ’80s, is the scene of the story, and June, the heroine, is an orphan girl who runs away from the poorhouse and comes to the town where her grand- parents are living. She marries a young fellow who is claimed by another woman, and fate so mixes up matters that she is led to believe that her husband is her own brother. While tinman she has married goes to find the proof that his first wife had a husband living when she went through the ceremony Scene from “Blue Jeans” (Metro). with him, June is left to face the ordeal of motherhood alone Her grandfather turns her from his home for marrying a man he hates, and the minister refuses to baptize her child be. he and his congregation believe that June is not the legal wife of its father. Sue Eudaly, the woman in the case, succeeds in fascinating Ben Boone, an unscrupulous politician, and when June’s husband returns with the proofs against her Sue influences Ben to try to murder the man she deceived. The scene takes place in the sawmill. The two men have a struggle, Boone overpowers his opponent, throws him upon a log and starts the saw. He is rescued by June just in the nick of time. And once more attention should be called to the fact that this situation is a “thriller” of uncommon power.
Following a long line of stage Junes, the screen star Dana quickly proves her right to her heritage. All the qualities called for by the Character, the youth, charm, the sincerity and adequate art are supplied by her In full measure. Robert Walker is an upstanding and likable Perry Bascom, and Sally Crute gives Sue Eudaly the necessary attractiveness and want of good morals.
