Movies and TvShows featuring "debt-slavery" theme.
In this pre-code film, a bookkeeper named Marvin confronts the social injustices and poverty in the American South. He becomes involved in a romantic rivalry between a rich girl and a cotton picker, leading to a culture clash and a confrontation with a lynch mob. The film explores themes of social commentary, sexual melodrama, and racial tension in the southern USA.
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Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
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