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“IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"”
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.


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