Harrison's Reports, Vol. 19

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Excerpt from Harrison's Reports, Vol. 19: A Reviewing Service Free From the Influence of Film Advertising, January 2, 1937It is an excellent production, but how much it will draw it is hard to tell just now. It is possible that its box office success will be no more than fairly good, for the story is not very glamorous and it is far from being The House of Rothschild. It might have had better luck had Freddie Bartholomew appeared all the way through the picture. But because the hero grows up, naturally this not possible. There is good action all the way through, and many of the situations appeal to the emotions of sympathy. The death of Admiral Nelson at the famous battle of Trafalgar is one of such situations. Many of the situations hold one in pretty tense suspense. This is so particularly where the hero is shown rescuing the heroine from France and taking her safely to England.The story revolves around the early operations of Lloyds, the famous insurance company: Two friends part in their boyhood: the one is Jonathan Blake, and the other Horatio Nelson. Blake goes to London, is engaged by Lloyds, and in time becomes an important member of the firm, Horatio eventually becomes the famous admiral Nelson. Blake in time becomes very wealthy. England and France are at war. Returning from Paris, Jonathan comes upon Lady Elizabeth, whom he smuggles out of France. Shortly afterward he finds out who she is. By this time he is madly in love with her. The French had been sinking so many British ships that Lloyds decides to discontinue insuring ships, unless the Government withdrew a part of the fighting ships from the battle ¿eet to protect the merchant ships. Blake is opposed to such an act, for he felt that every ship was needed by Admiral Nelson for the protection of England, and feared that any weakening of the ¿eet would prove disastrous. To induce Lloyds to continue insuring ships, he spreads the false rumor that Nelson had met the French ¿eet and had defeated it. Lord Stacy, Lady Elizabeth's husband, having become aware of Blake's deception, is about to expose him as a matter of revenge, but he refrains from doing so because he is told that back of Blake is Lady Elizabeth's money. In the meantime word is received that Nelson has a'ctually met and defeated the French ¿eet at Trafalgar, but at the price of his life - Nelson had been killed in the battle. Blake hears of the victory as he is dying from a bullet sent into his body by jealous Lord Stacy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.