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Showing posts with label Religious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious. Show all posts

Monday, October 15, 2018

Brother Martin, Servant of Jesus (1942) [Lost Film]

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There is no information available about the plot of the film

**This film is considered lost until notified otherwise**
 

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Verdict: Not Guilty (1933)
















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Part religious allegory and part church pageant, it presents the heavenly trial of a woman who has died giving childbirth out of wedlock. The jailer wears a mask death’s head mask and a nun’s habit with a skull and crossbones on the front and God sits on an altar, flanked by angels, while the devil attempts to convict the woman for her sins. 

Friday, January 19, 2018

Going to Glory, Come to Jesus (1946) [Lost Film]









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A young girl, an outcast and depressed because of her ugliness, falls to the temptation of the Devil. A prophet appears to save her and show her the way of the Lord. 

**This film is considered lost until notified otherwise**

Monday, May 29, 2017

Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)



















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This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.  

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Heaven-Bound Travelers (1935)















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Silent film that tells the story of a man who falsely accuses his Christian wife of adultery and abandons her and their child. She remains true to her Christian faith and brings up their child in a Christian home. He regrets his decision whilst he battles the devil's temptations. A spiritual battle of good and evil is played out.