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coast to establish a collective colony, a society of "happiness and plenty." Norman tries to raise money from his father and is rebuffed. His father expects Norman will benefit from the experience: "He'll get his island and a lesson along with it." When the wealthy colonists settled on their island,
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they elect Norman their "Chief Comrade." They quickly discover that none of them has any worthwhile skills. Most identify themselves as "assistant managers." Faced with disorganization, the colonists replace Norman with Herman, as the activist had long intended. He establishes a
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suggested staging a radical demonstration by hanging red flags around town and then have actors in military uniforms storm in to tear them down. Then distribute handbills to the confused and curious crowds assuring them that
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was used as a filming location. The film's advertising called it "the timeliest picture ever filmed" and reviews were good. "Powerful, well-knit with indubitably true and biting satire," said
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veteran wounded in combat, hears her lecture on the virtues of international socialism and is converted to her views. Prompted by Herman, she raises money among her wealthy friends to buy
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Barbara Bozenta, a wealthy female socialite intent on reforming capitalism is lured into the Socialist cause by Herman Wolff, a Socialist agitator. Her concerned boyfriend Norman Worth, a
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takes a stand against Bolshevism and "you will not only clean up but will profit by future business." When this publicity technique came to the attention of U.S. Secretary of Labor
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The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States
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made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through
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The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
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Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California
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Index


Harley Knoles
Harry Chandlee
Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California
Thomas Dixon
Robert Frazer
Leslie Stowe
Philip Hatkin
Mayflower Photoplay Company
Select Pictures Corporation
Silent
intertitles
silent
propaganda film
Lewis J. Selznick's
Select Pictures
Harley Knoles
screenplay
Harry Chandlee
Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California
Thomas Dixon
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The Leopard's Spots
The Birth of a Nation
First Red Scare

World War I
Paradise Island
Florida
police force

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