The Marble Heart (1916)

The poetic motto on the entrance sign to the town at t[Expand All]

The poetic motto on the entrance sign to the town at the railroad station, read outloud by Cobb, was authored by the idealistic, platitudinous Deeds:Welcome to Mandrake FallsWhere the scenery enthrallsWhere no hardship e"er befallsWelcome to Mandrake Falls.That afternoon, however, in his room at his local Sunset Hotel, Foley discovered "Uncle Dave" Thornton (Alan Young), the much-loved park"s owner, accompanied by worker Janice.They walk back to the front of the train and board the locomotive.The engineer is forced to pull the train ahead about 100 feet, leaving he rest of the cars behind.Scene 6: An exterior scene showing the coach section of the train - the holdup.The rain passengers are forced to leave the coaches.One of the gun-wielding bandits compels everyone to keep their hands up.All of the passengers are lined up along the adjoining train tracks.While they are threatened and covered with a gun, the bandits rob them of their valuables.One of the passengers (Gilbert M."Broncho Billy" Anderson) runs away from the group in an escape attempt, but is shot in the back.After everyone has been searched and robbed, the bandits terrorize he passengers by firing their guns into the air.While sitting in his open vehicle driven into the cotton fields, the imperious Norwood ordered that Marvin work in the field immediately before winter set in: ("Tom, you can"t afford to let Marvin go to school now.[Collapse Section]