After that, the love interest took center stage, and the underdeveloped drama, the dead hero’s dilemma of going to college or helping his widowed mother, was forgotten as this buxom blonde began her crusade, trying to unravel the mystery of her lover’s disappearance. All the while, she never seemed to notice the man in the black raincoat and hat, his bright lantern shining in the darkness of every scene. She was giving some speech to the lazy sheriff when the first reel was finally spent.
I glanced over to Gin, and found his eyes fixed upon the bright white screen.
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