Courage (1930)

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City Iowa She moves with them to Cambridge Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage Bennett who is unversed in financial matters soon faces poverty for herself and her children She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender played by Richard Tucker who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral Bennett however is only able to partially pay her creditors Marion Nixon Bennetts eldest daughter is shocked by her mothers actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mothers obligations even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate played by Rex Bell This film is believed lost