Word: deserted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nathan Sees a Figure in the Desert...
...Story. Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night with the gentle foxes of Tob. At length, inspired by an angel, he roused Israel to wage against the Aramaeans, a war which turned out most profitably and made his reputation. Honored among all the people, he returned to his mother in Zebulon...
...this time, one Hiram, a merchant of Tyre, came to enchant her heart with tales of cities by the shores of seas. "Oh, how I should like to be a merchant," she cried. Jonah could not get work; the place for a successful prophet, people said, was in the desert. At last he went to Judith for comfort. When he spoke of their love, she twisted her shawl. . . . "I hardly knew what I was doing. . . . Do not think too badly of me. ... I am going to marry Hiram of Tyre...
...desert, Jonah wheeled his amazed face to the sky. What was God about? What had he, Jonah, done to deserve such a thing...
...first men-are-men dramas and created exceptional excitement in its day under the interpretative treatment of Henry Miller. Currently, it only goes to prove that the world does move and that almost any plot can be boiled to the bone in the cinema. There is a desert, a strong husband, a capturing villain and a subtitle that reads: "You bought me with a handful of nuggets, and then you drove me before you across the desert like a beast." This from the play. Chu Chin Chow. Morris Gest delivered this spectacle several years ago. London luxuriated...