Courage (1930 film)

Courage is a 1930 American PreCode drama film, produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The movie is based on a stage play of the same name by Tom Barry which was a hit on Broadway in 1928.

Mary, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender, James Rudlin, who neglects to ask her for collateral. MAry is later only able to partially pay her creditors.Muriel, Marys eldest daughter, is shocked by her mothers actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Rudlin to clear her mothers obligations, although she is engaged to marry a welltodo Harvard undergraduate. A stern aunt appears and is hell bent on taking her brothers children away from their mother. The aunt manages to turn Bennetts children against their mother, with the exception of her son, Bill, who, fortuitously, inherits the fortune of a neighbouring spinster which allows Mary to be reunited with the rest of her children. Mary discovers noble qualities in Rudlin and agrees to become his future wife. ........

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