"A Story of Adolescence"16 December 1940Drama79 mins
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
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Stolen Paradise (1940) Leon Janney Eleanor Hunt Esther Muir. Drama
Robert Gordon (Leon Janney) a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with ...
Stolen Paradise (1940)
A coming of age drama about a young boy in Florida who is torn between love for his step-sister and a possible future as a priest.
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