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Courage is a american film of genre Drama directed by Archie Mayo released in USA on 22 may 1930 with Belle Bennett
Courage (1930)
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Add to a movie listCourage is a 1930 American Pre-Code 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.
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Bennett plays Mary Colbrook, the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage.Actors
Belle Bennett
(Mary Colbrook)
Marian Nixon
(Muriel Colbrook)
Leon Janney
(Bill Colbrook)
Richard Tucker
(James Rudlin)
Rex Bell
(Lynn Willard)
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