The Great Consoler (1933) movie

The film takes place in America in 1899, and in its principal plot depicts Bill Porter, who is the great consoler of the title, in prison. His writing skills earn him privileges from the governor and he is spared the inhumane treatment meted out to other prisoners. Porter is very much aware of the brutality around him but, mindful of his better conditions, refuses to write about prison life. He prefers to console his less-well-treated friends, and indeed all his readers, with excessively romantic fantasies in which good invariably triumphs. The Great Consoler (1933) movie Genre: Drama Production Co: Mezhrabpomfilm Directed by Lev Kuleshov Writing Credits: O. Henry (story "A Retrieved Information"), Lev Kuleshov (writer), Aleksandr Kurs (writer) Produced by Ivan Gorchilin, N. Jakovlev, Martynova, S. Skvorcov Music by Zinovi Feldman Cinematography by Konstantin Kuznetsov Art Direction by Lev Kuleshov Cast: Konstantin Khokhlov as Bill Porter Ivan Novoseltsev as Jim Valentine - aka Ralph D. Spenser Vasili Kovrigin as Warden Andrey Fayt as Det. Ben Price Daniil Vvedenskiy as Jailguard Weyland Rodd as Black convict O. Rayevskaya as Jim's mother S. Sletov as Jailguard Aleksandra Khokhlova as Dulcie Galina Kravchenko as Annabel Adams Pyotr Galadzhev as E. Adams - banker / reporter Vera Lopatina as Sadie Mikhail Doronin as Innkeeper Andrei Gorchilin as Convict