A Modern Hero

A Modern Hero is a 1934 American drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. It was Pabsts only American talking film.

Pierre hates the circus life, so when his friend Henry Mueller Hobart Cavanaugh approaches him to become his partner in a bicycle shop, he jumps at the chance, despite the disapproval of his alcoholic mother, Madame Azais Marjorie Rambeau. To raise his share of the money needed to start the venture, he turns to wealthy young widow Leah Ernst Florence Eldridge, who is attracted to him.The shop is a success, but Pierres ambitions are only whetted. He persuades his partner to branch out into newfangled automobiles. They spend several years building a new car. By a stroke of luck, the automobile of Homer Flint Arthur Hohl, the richest man in the state, breaks down near their shop. He is interested in massproducing their car. Pierre becomes a hardworking business partner of Flints and marries Flints daughter, Hazel Dorothy Burgess. However, she becomes dissatisfied with his preference for late nights at work over her company. ........

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