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- Two brothers, jolly old bachelors, receive a letter from their cousin stating that he is dying and will leave his only child, Vivian, and her large inheritance to their guardianship and care. Recovering from their surprise they call the housekeeper and immediately begin preparations for her reception; buy all sorts of toys and comforts to make a child happy and welcome. They have in their employ a good-looking young fellow as their private secretary, in whom they place great confidence and, indeed, they have every reason to, for he is attentive to his business and theirs. Vivian is expected and her two guardians are very happy in their expectations of entertaining the child. One is beating a drum, the other working a sort of Jumping Jack, anticipating the pleasure of the little one when she sees the amusements. While thus engaged Vivian is announced, and when they get a glimpse of an attractive young lady instead of a child they are very much embarrassed and try to hide the cause of their confusion. They have to adapt themselves to new conditions, and Vivian is soon engaged in straightening up the house and giving it a thorough overhauling. She meets the private secretary; there is an immediate mutual admiration and it is not long before it becomes more pronounced between them, and the old gentlemen become suspicious and decide that the secretary must be discharged. This is the signal for Vivian to assert herself and she does it, convincing her guardians that she is will able to manage her own affairs. The secretary takes his dismissal to heart, is taken sick and reduced to want. The young ward goes to see him and she is followed by the two old fellows. They trace her to the clerks' lodging. When they see her and the young man together they haven't the heart to find fault; their feeling gradually subside and they succumb to the pleadings of their ward, give their blessing and re-engage the young fellow with an increase of salary.
- Bob Madden returns home slightly intoxicated and his father angrily commands him to leave the place and shift for himself. The next morning he goes, leaving his father a note: "Dear Dad, I am going out West and try to make a man of myself. I hope some day you will be proud of me. Your son. Bob." His father relents and, after tracing him to the station, buys a ticket for the same place. In the meanwhile, Rob has arrived, and reading a notice that cowboys with outfits are wanted on the Carter ranch, he buys an outfit from a man near the station and starts for the Carter ranch. However, the foreman will not have him, as he confesses that he cannot rope, so Bob rides on until he comes upon an Outlaw's Camp, and is glad to accept their rough hospitality. In the meanwhile, the ranchman, Joseph Carter, receives his new automobile, but being unable to take his daughter, Jessie, sends her with the foreman for a ride. The machine breaks down and the chauffeur returns for parts, while the foreman takes his opportunity to force his attentions upon Jessie, her cries bring Bob and the outlaws to the scene. The foreman recognizes the outlaw chief and returning to the ranch, starts out at the head of the cowboys to capture the band. Bob has loaned Jessie his horse to return home, and the outlaws have just broke camp, so when the foreman and the boys return they only succeed in capturing Bob and hustle him off as an outlaw. Jessie arrives at the ranch, learns where the boys have gone, so together with her father, rides to the rescue, arriving just as his father comes along. The two fathers learn that they are old friends. The man at the station recognizes Bob, and general rejoicing takes place.
- Foster is a young artist with great ambitions to be taken up by society. Wealthy society widow Mrs. Hardrocks makes a protégé of him, with the result that he falls madly in love with her, at least so he thinks. In the same house with Foster's Studio is little Betty Wilson, the landlady's daughter. She has formed her little existence to live in the light of Foster's comings and goings. He is her great ideal. One day in order to complete a picture for the wealthy widow he gets Betty to pose for him. She almost faints with delight and the opportunity to be near him and wear some of his lovely property wardrobe. When the ordeal is over she manages to slip out with the finery held behind her and goes to her bare, cheerless room to further pose as a grand lady, which ends in a burst of long pent up sobs. Foster gets word that he has inherited money and becomes obsessed of the idea that now he can propose to the widow. He calls in Betty and tells her all about it and she doesn't know whether to be glad or cry. She tells him he must make his studio presentable, and they set about fixing it up, with the result that he discovers a more than great liking for little Betty. However, that is not to be considered with the opportunity arising from his marriage to the widow. He gives Betty a great armful of fine clothes to put on and tells her that when they come back from being married she must receive them. Fate cheats him, for when the widow arrives to look at the picture she has her fiancé with her. Hearing them live, Betty thinks the coast is clear and bounds into the room arrayed like a young woman of fashion. There she finds Foster with his head in his hands, thinking his heart broken beyond repair. She goes to him and timidly offers her sympathy. When he raises his head and sees the vision before him he forgets that there ever was a widow, society, or art and realizes that his heart was in Betty's keeping all the time. On his knees he begs her forgiveness and love, and she gets down on her knees and snuggles into his arms.
- The captain of a Spanish vessel enters the house where Giles Corey, his wife, Martha, and his daughter, Priscilla, are enjoying a peaceful day at the fireside. He is selling the merchandise brought over by his ship. The Spaniard did not fall to notice the beauty of Priscilla. Coming back, he finds her alone and shows her what he thinks to be the most interesting to the girl, the box containing the jewels. Among the jewels is a rosary. Priscilla does not know what the use of this is, and smilingly, the captain is about to explain, when armed Puritans break into the room and arrest him. They believe he has been making love to the girl. Priscilla, in vain, tries to free him, but succeeds only in being locked up also. There, enclosed by the gray walls of the prison, the Spanish captain shows the first bead of the rosary and there appears before the enchanted eyes of the Puritan's daughter, the joyful mysteries of the rosary: 1st: The annunciation by the Angel to the Virgin Mary; 2nd: The visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; 3rd: The Nativity, birth of the Savior in the stable, surrounded by the adoring Magi and wondering animals; 4th: The presentation of the infant Jesus to Saint Simeon at the Temple; 5th: The Boy Jesus at the Temple confounding the priests by His wisdom, led forth by anxious parents. The Sorrowful Mysteries. First: The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane; 2nd: The scourging of Christ in the courtyard of Pilate's palace. The soldiers urged on by the angry mob; 3rd: The crowning of Jesus with thorns, much to the joy of the howling populace; 4th: Jesus on the way of Calvary, carrying His Cross, followed by the jeering mob and a few faithful ones not daring to show their sorrow, save one, St. Veronica, who gives Him a cloth to wipe His face, and the miracle of the Agonized Face appears on the cloth; 5th: The Crucifixion, where we depart from the usual view of Christ on the Cross and instead give the rending of the curtain in the Temple, which, as it falls, discloses the old City of Jerusalem, and outside the walls on the fatal mount are seen the three crosses with their victims thereon. An astounded priest views the scene, then turning to Heaven asks which is the true God. The sky darkens, lightning flashes and smoke issues here and there. The Glorious Mysteries. First: Roman soldiers, casting dice for the raiment of Christ, are surprised and horrified by noises; the raising of the lid of the tomb and Christ issuing forth and ascending into the air; 2nd: The Ascension. Mary and Christ's disciples repaired to the spot appointed by the Savior. He suddenly appears in their midst and with final instructions slowly ascends into Heaven; 3rd: The descent of the Holy Ghost upon Mary and the Eleven Apostles; 4th: The assumption of the Blessed Virgin, slowly ascending to Heaven accompanied by Angels; 5th: The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin, Queen of Angels and Saints in Heaven. And now we see the prison again. Believing that Priscilla has been bewitched, the Puritans seize the captain, tie him to a stake and are about to burn him alive, when a man runs in and cries out, "the Indiana are upon us." The women flee in terror and the men rush to meet the advancing foe. Juan begs Giles to release him and let him help fight the Indians. Later we see the return of the Puritan warriors. Abner has a wound in his head. All assembled, they miss the captain, and Abner deliberately lies and says be saw him flee. Priscilla, stung by this monstrous tale, accuses Abner of lying. Giles, in his fury, orders her out of the house. She leaves and we find her, rosary in hand, on the battlefield, seeking the captain, whom she finds dying. She gives him the rosary, and he dies in peace. Priscilla returns home, and at the window, her mother tells her that Giles is relentless. As Martha leans over she reads the passage which Giles has just been reading in the Bible, and beckons Priscilla in. The little maid steals down in front of her father, but he rises in anger and is about to hurl his denunciations upon her, when Martha re-opens his Bible and points to the passages: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6: 14, 15. Giles reads, and turning to Martha says, "You are right." He extends his arms and folds his daughter to his bosom.
- Christ is shown as the hidden power that influences mankind to turn from iniquity to righteousness. The carnal mind, prompted by selfish and negative desires, experiences the operation of an inner consciousness which thwarts evil passions and promotes good noble aspirations. The drunkard is turned from his life of dissipation to one of honest effort. The sloven are awakened to a realization of their utter hopelessness. Everywhere the presence of a divine power is perceptible. The evil in a drunkard's home is banished by the thought of Christ, who appears as the man of Nazareth. The tempter at the threshold of the idle rich is thwarted and the Christ Man, by his presence, drives home conviction of guilt as the woman scorns her lover to remain true to the absent husband. Innocence is not permitted to be victimized by the lust of the flesh as the quiet little voice of conscience, aroused by the proximity of the man of sorrows, averts a tragedy. The "Thirteen Club," a social organization devoting its energies to the promulgation of higher ideals, is unwittingly the guest of a stranger, who turns out to be Christ. As they gather at the banquet table to discuss their experiences they dissolve into Christ and the Apostles at the Last Supper, after a renowned painting by the celebrated Leonardo da Vinci. The picture concludes with the gathering at the Sea of Galilee, where Christ is seen walking on the water.
- A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman.
- A young sculptor searches for the perfect model to inspire his work.
- Habitual unfaithful husband, Jack Freeman begins flirting with the coquettish Effie McKenzie, and so breaks up her marriage. Blanche Gordon, a friend of Jack's wife Louise, then comes to see Jack several times in order to plead with him to give up extramarital affairs and accept the responsibilities that go with being a husband. Blanche's husband Tom, however, misunderstands these meetings and insists on a separation. When Jack is murdered, all of the evidence implicates Tom. At the trial, though, Blanche tries to take the blame for the murder, thereby making Tom realize that she really does love him. Just as Tom is about to confess in order to save Blanche, Effie's husband breaks down and admits to being the killer, after which Tom and Blanche are reunited.
- A student of divinity who is brought back to life is found to have no soul but has it given back to him as a result of prayer.
- The story, in brief, tells of Baron Chevrial, whose whole interest in life centers in women and his one big hobby, the censoring of female loveliness. He is smitten with the charms of Rosa, the incomparable dancer of the Opera Comique. He pays homage to her beauty by establishing her in the most luxurious quarters and lavishing upon her the major part of his income. Rosa toys with the Baron, even curtailing his liberty, which extends only so far as her whim or caprice will permit. The Baron, however, true to his nature, finds that Rosa does not entirely fill his craving for feminine companionship and seeks new fields to conquer. Therese Beauchamp, a beautiful girl, prominent in society, meets with his approval and he marries her, but keeps up his interest in Rosa, making no effort to conceal his relations with the ballet dancer from his wife. And then a new woman enters his life and for a time he is oblivious to everything else until visions of his former ballet girl charmer arise and he returns to Rosa. He decides to give a party in honor of her birthday and their reunion, and throws open the magnificent Chevrial banquet hall for the occasion, Rosa and ballet girls, still in costume, being brought from the opera house in motor cars. During the progress of the dinner the Baron rises to propose a toast to Rosa, when he is stricken with apoplexy and drops dead.
- Mary, the daughter of Tom Boland, a cracksman, who is in love with his pal, Dave Karns, decides to give up her old life because she does not want her brother, Jimmie, to submit to the criminal influence surrounding him. After leaving the house, she wanders in the park. Here she meets Mrs. Wentworth, a woman of wealth and refinement, and the two become friends. Mrs. Wentworth finally engages her as a maid. Tom Boland and Dave learn of the girl's luck in obtaining a fine position in Mrs. Wentworth's household, and try to secure her aid in robbing the home of her employer. She refuses, but they carry out their plans alone, and Tom is shot. An investigation of the affair is made by the police. Mary is followed from one place to another when Mrs. Wentworth discharges her. After many weeks of hardship, she is reunited with Dave, who was reformed.
- A hatless man in evening dress breaks the window on the eighth floor of a downtown office building and dashes down the fire escape, followed by a policeman, who is firing a revolver at him. The fugitive escapes. "Three-Armed Maggie" is telling the "Eel" an amusing episode of stealing a purse from a society dowager, when the young man enters by way of a secret door. He is Jack Carter, a recent arrival in the criminal circles, but whose dash has endeared him to the Eel. Maggie is also a recent recruit and a love interest has sprung up between them. The Eel notes this and his fiendish jealousy is aroused. Jack says that the police have just raided the gambling establishment of "English Joe," the Eel's first lieutenant. In the raid the police kill "English Joe." The Eel says that the chief must die and determines to get rid of Jack at the same time. He juggles the ballot box so that when lots are drawn to kill the chief the job falls to Jack. Maggie pleads with Jack not to carry out the deed, but he is determined. Maggie makes known to the chief over the telephone her identity as a Secret Service worker. She warns the chief of the death plot so that the man she loves will not be a murderer. To her surprise the chief laughs heartily and says he is not afraid of anyone of the name of Jack. At midnight as the crooks are all gathered in Eel's headquarters Jack leads a police raid on the place. In the thrilling battle that ensues Jack urges Maggie to escape and try to reform. She refuses to go. When all the crooks are subdued Jack urges the chief to give Maggie a chance to reform. The chief says: "I guess you don't know each other. Miss Ruth Neal, shake hands with Stephen Gray, the millionaire vice crusader, recently elected District Attorney."
- Dr. James, posing as a respectable physician while he works as a burglar, has made a haul. On his way home he is led to a house where a physician is required and finds Chandler unconscious, suffering from heart trouble. Mrs. Chandler is starving and suffering from the effects of a blow her husband struck her. Chandler recovers consciousness long enough to mutter something about money. Mrs. Chandler faints and is carried to another room. Dr. James, with the same nitroglycerin and syringe he used to blow up the safe, gives Chandler an infection, knowing it will kill him, but that the man's faculties will be temporarily stimulated long enough to disclose the whereabouts of the money. Chandler rallies and indicates a safe in the corner of the room. Dr. James picks the lock, but the safe is empty. Chandler tells him that he lost the money gambling. He reviles the doctor for being a burglar. The Doctor taunts back that he never struck a woman. The two regard each other scornfully until Chandler dies. Mrs. Chandler is brought in and Dr. James learns of her pitiful condition. He leaves his share of the booty on the table, telling her it was her husband's last bequest. She forgives her husband and Dr. James quietly takes his departure.
- In a prologue, blind poet John Milton dictates Paradise Lost to his daughters. Serama, the consort of Lucifer, is driven from Paradise by the Archangel Michael, who commands Conscience to enter human souls to judge and punish them. In the main story, society girl Ruth Somers, a reincarnation of Serama, prepares to marry Cecil Brooke, the wealthiest man of her set. Her guardian, Dr. Norton, an incarnation of Lucifer, constantly accompanies her. Ruth is summoned to the Court of Conscience, where the witnesses, Lust, Avarice, Hate, Revenge and Vanity, testify about Ruth's history of seducing and abandoning men. This behavior resulted in the suicide of Madge, the lover of Ned Langley, whom Ruth enthralled and promised to marry, and also the deaths of two rivals for her love. Ruth is ordered back to earth to learn her sentence. When Ned interrupts the wedding, Ruth scorns him and he shoots himself. After Brooke leaves her, the Court dooms Ruth to live with the torment of remembrance. Ruth sends Norton away, then kneels and repents.
- Receiving notice of an inheritance, Harry and his chum Jimmy secure an automobile and a beautifully-furnished flat on the strength of their anticipated wealth. Harry receives a telegram stating that a later, just-discovered will leaves the entire estate to his cousin Mary, and to appease the impatient landlord, Harry informs him that he will still share in the money, as he is to marry Mary that afternoon. Despite his protests, Jimmy is decked out by Harry in feminine array and paraded before the landlord as the heiress bride. When the real Mary and her chaperone Ethel suddenly appear at the flat, the landlord informs them that Harry is upstairs with his bride, at which Mary is greatly surprised and downcast. Jimmy is introduced as the bride, but when the girls go out he insists that upon their return Harry must tell that "she" is ill, and has retired. When Ethel goes to the kitchen to make the "bride" a cup of tea she discovers Harry and Mary in fond embrace, and feels more sympathetic than ever toward the unhappy Jimmy, who during her absence gets up dresses in his own clothes and attempts to sneak out, only to be seen by Ethel. Harry is called to nab the strange man, and the girls discover Jimmy's discarded feminine togs, so the boys finally decide that their only course is to make a clean breast of the whole affair. It turns out that everyone is satisfied--even the landlord, who perceives the likelihood of eventually renting two flats.
- Henri de Brush wins a prize with his painting from the nude. Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed, happy though married, are at the exhibition with Mr. Snoop, their legal adviser and friend, perhaps. Mrs. Newlywed is so struck with the painting that she arranges to meet the artist, though Snoop tries to prevent the introduction. De Brush asks her to call at the studio. This makes hubby take notice and he tells Henri that his wife does not visit studios. Newlywed's interference and lack of trust makes his wife angry and, at home, she vows to go if she pleases. Next day hubby is at the office and wifey does go to the studio, finding Henri beginning another masterpiece of undrapedness. The model is out for a few moments. Henri tells Mrs. Newlywed to come back in an hour, as he will have the picture then outlined. But Snoop sees Mrs. Newlywed leave and he goes up. De Brush says the model has gone out for a moment. This is enough for Snoop, who rushes to the office and tells Newlywed his wife is posing in the nude. Grabbing a gun, they rush to the studio. The model has returned, and through the keyhole Snoop sees her form but not her face. The model takes refuge in the dressing room as Newlywed breaks down the door and begins a furious chase after Henri that takes them over rooftops and back to the studio, as the model comes in and reveals Snoop's hastiness and the trouble he has caused. Mrs. Newlywed comes and makes it hot for Snoop for suspecting her. Hubby forgives wifey, and vice versa, and they go home, leaving De Brush to make a wreck of Snoop.
- John Olsen, the foreman in an iron foundry, is persuaded by two of the workmen to rob the company safe, an operation so successful that the three decide to embark on a career of safe cracking. While pulling a job, John breaks his leg and is forced to take refuge in the home of Belle Foliot, whose husband is serving a life sentence. As she tends John's injured leg, Belle falls in love with him and decides to join the gang, and when she becomes trapped during a robbery, John remains at the scene of the crime so that she can escape. Following his five year prison term, John declares that he is going straight, whereupon Belle leaves him. John marries and buys a farm, but one day his arresting officer, Lieut. Reilly, appears and reveals his past to his wife and the townspeople. As a result, the farmers shun him and his wife divorces him. He is about to break into the bank when Belle and Reilly arrive. Promising to go straight, Belle accompanies John out West to a new life.
- Dr. John Carey, a noted blood specialist, convinces philanthropist Jules Le Moyne to finance Berlin chemist Emil Hartsell's search for a cure for syphilis. Hartsell's research proves successful, but following Le Moyne's death, the chemist breaks his pledge to give the formula to society and contracts with New York profiteer Adolph Keller to sell the drug at a price prohibitive to the poor. Representing his father in New York, Karl Hartsell becomes engaged to Keller's daughter, Alice. Meanwhile, Lennon Morrett, an artist's model, contracts syphilis from roué M. Saccard, but can't afford the drug. When Dr. Carey is about to intercede and obtain the drug for her, Keller instead sells it to Saccard. Believing that society is responsible for her fate, Lennon sleeps with a lot of men. She blames Karl because his father has made the drug too expensive, and during his bachelor's fling before the wedding, she gives him the disease. Dr. Carey meets the elder Hartsell in Holland and pleads for the drug to be distributed cheaply in America, but Hartsell says America means nothing to him. Although Dr. Carey finally persuades the greedy scientist of his son's illness, Hartsell refuses to give Carey the formula and arranges to treat Karl himself in New York. Because the United States and Germany are at war, Hartsell's submarine is torpedoed off the New York coast, whereupon Karl walks into the waves to join his drowned father. Later, U.S. scientists discover a cure superior to the German formula.
- Alice Lindsay arrives in New York from a small town and becomes part of Greenwich Village Bohemian life. Alice resists the advances of Gwenne Stevens, an advocate of free love, and marries civil engineer Samson Rathbone.
- When anarchist bombs disrupt the engagement ball of Princess Marie Pavlovna, her fiancé, Prince Michail Koloyar, helps her to escape in a carriage. Then Theo Kameneff, secretly in the pay of a foreign government, becomes dictator and, desiring the princess, issues an edict that all women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-two must register and become state property. Outraged, Marie, disguised as a shopkeeper, organizes women to refuse the order. After she is discovered by Orel Kosloff, Kameneff's henchman, Marie declines Kameneff's offer to repeal the edict if she will live with him. Kosloff then initiates mass brutality, killing women who do not register, including to Kameneff's dismay, his beloved sister, whom he tried to save. Meanwhile, Michail, who has infiltrated the Bolshevik ranks, is found out and narrowly escapes a firing squad. After he stops Kameneff's attack on Marie, Kameneff is shot by a potter, revenging his daughter's ravishment. Marie and Michail finally escape across the border.
- In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian philosophy, and Black Mike Sylva, a murderous rake of the San Francisco underworld.
- Orphan Lois Walton is treated unkindly by her aunt, who has her placed in a reformatory. She and the other inmates are badly abused but are afraid to complain, and she remains silent after a riot is subdued. She arouses the sympathy of Peter Madison, a lawyer who conducts an investigation, and is paroled. Placed in a doctor's home, she is frightened by his advances and runs away. Refusing Madison's offer of refuge in his apartment, she becomes social secretary to Miss Dell, operator of a gambling house, who tries to force her into a marriage with wealthy young Leo Carstairs; but she is saved by Madison, who claims her as his own wife.
- Boston Blackie, just released from prison, threatens the warden, Benton, that he will have him removed from his job for using the water cross, a form of torture, on prisoners. Blackie's sweetheart, Mary Carter, helps him avoid this torture after his return to prison. The officers pursue Blackie, capture him, and bring him back to Benton, but Mary reports to the governor, and they arrive in time to save Blackie from further torments by bringing his pardon. Benton is fired.
- The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
- In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
- A small-town girl finds escape from her cruel home life in the arms of a handsome stranger. Soon she finds herself working as a prostitute in New Orleans, desperately clinging to the belief that he really loves her.
- An IRA man races to Dublin to warn his colleagues of a forthcoming raid, but he is captured by British forces.
- A young woman in Berlin is offered a job at a night club in Budapest. There she is abducted and brought to a brothel in Athens.
- Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
- Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
- Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate that the most successful marriages are usually based on trust and respect, rather than on sex alone. Released in the UK under the title of "The Jazz Bride".
- Jerry Judd, a young cop, is on the trail of a gang of stick-up men who rob jewelry stores. He falls in love with Patricia Barry, who it turns out is the sister of the gang's leader, Blackie. She loves Jerry, too, but is torn between her love for him and her loyalty to her brother, and is put to the test when Jerry gets closer to discovering where the gang's hideout is.
- An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch as a virgin is sacrificed to a huge gorilla, who takes her away. The expedition follows the gorilla in an attempt to save the woman.
- A Terrytoons animated short. A mouse's progress on the gold course is followed. The mouse's dishonesty keeping score haunts him later in the film after he's involved in a car accident that sends him before St. Peter.
- Frank Orth is a husband who is hen-pecked both by his wife and by her mother. He comes home on his birthday and finds his wife has given him a birthday party, and that her gift to him is a cemetery plot, and his mother-in-law thinks it is past due, and should be used soon.
- A poor factory worker employed by a wealthy uncle falls in love with a beautiful heiress, but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
- Two gold-diggers prey on rich old men, but one of them falls in love with a rich young man.
- After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
- Haines plays the role of a festive British nobleman whose relatives have arranged a marriage for him. He goes to a European summer resort and poses as a gigolo to meet the girl they have chosen, learn what she is like, and apply the "acid test."
- A good kid with no record commits a robbery, kills an old man and winds up on death row. The authorities try to figure out why he went bad.
- When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life.
- When her husband (Alan Dinehart) sails for a three-month business trip in Europe, an unsophisticated wife ('Linda Watkins (I)') sublets a Manhattan apartment so she can occupy herself with shopping and the theater. While in the apartment, she discovers that it belongs to her husband's mistress (Greta Nissen), who has accompanied him to Europe. Rather than divorce him, she decides to befriend the other mistresses who hang around the love nest and learn their ways. Then, at a raucous party, she meets a nice man (John Boles) who's not looking for a gold-digger, and they fall in love.
- A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
- A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.