Word: bandit
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...Raisuli ever takes up writing for a living--and who does not in these days?--his first book will be entitled "From Bandit to Governor--And Back", for the last few months have seen him pass unembarrassed through these startling metamorphoses. A few months ago he was named governor of Morocco, with the expectation that he would put down the Mohammedan revolt which has robbed Spain of all Morocco except the seaports. But no, after a few months in the executive turban, Raisuli has returned to an alliance with his nominal enemy, Abd-el-Krim...
...Bandolero. Bandits and bullfights all wound round with a shawl of Spanish atmosphere make a good start. In the detail and fineness of photography, the pace is excellently maintained. Overcomplication of narrative with divided interest between the bullfight hero and the bandit hero check the proceedings slightly. Bullfight hero's father has murdered bandit hero's wife. Bandit hero accordingly objects seriously to marriage between his daughter (Renee Adoree), and bullfight hero. The horns of the dilemma shift to the horns of the bull. Bull gores bullfight hero. Daughter weeps and bandit hero cannot bear that. Happiness...
...Falcon. Jekyll and Hyde in the luxurious suitings of 16th Century Sicily are here revived for your attention. In the heart of a young priest burns the conflicting fires of piety and pillage. The latter he has inherited from a bandit father who has seduced a certain Mother Superior; the former, from that same Mother's upbringing...
Needless to say, the bandit urge predominates; and he leads in revolt a band of peasants against his crafty uncle, who has killed his father. Finally, a Trappist monastery-and the rest is silence...
Selden Describes Bandit...