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- Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
- A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
- The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
- During World War I, an illegitimate son of the German Kaiser, who had been raised in the US--and is a double for the the Kaiser's son, the Crown Prince--is sent to Germany as a spy in order to kill both the Kaiser and his son.
- A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.
- American ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard warns that Germany will rise again to power and an attempt at world domination unless safeguards are taken, in this documentary-style propaganda drama.
- Princess Elyata of Tirzah (Juanita Hansen) comes to the rescue of Stanley Morton (George Chesebro) and his sidekick Mike Donovan (Frank Clark), a couple of Americans who foolishly wander into a village ruled by slave trader Gagga (Hector Dion).
- The misadventures of a young man who sets out in his flivver to stop the girl he loves from being forcibly married to a rival.
- A young man just released from prison can't find work because no employer will hire an ex-convict. Broke and hungry, he steals money off of a painter. The painter, however, takes pity on him and decides to help him get his life back together.
- Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young Mary, the town beauty whom the villain wants for himself--he leaves town and goes to Hollywood to become an actor. He eventually returns home to town as a star, but once again finds himself the victim of the town villain, who this time abducts sweet young Mary. Sam must use all his acting skills to track down the villain and save Mary.
- A naive young man, raised poor in a small town, comes to New York City to make his fortune. Overwhelmed by the city's hustle and bustle, and entranced by the rich and sophisticated high-society types he comes into contact with, he eventually finds himself caught up in the city's seedy underworld.
- The adventures of two U.S. Secret Service men sent to Africa to bring back a man wanted for murder.
- The struggles of a rent collector that has to face tenants that are behind on their rent as well as crooks trying to steal the rent he has collected.
- Here is a short comedy that is good, clean fun and at the same time a riot. Monty Banks is the featured player and he has the true comedy sense, being just about the whole thing. He is shrouded with gloom when unable to wed the lady of his heart as he does not possess the $5,000 demanded by her father. Being a resourceful young man, he sets out to get it. The advertisement of an insurance company gives him the "idea." So he takes out an accident policy and then proceeds to get the needed damages. The risks he takes would kill a half a dozen men. Even when he falls off a skyscraper (under construction) he lands on a pile of mattresses passing on a dray. In deeper gloom he tears up the policy and is promptly run over by father's car. Father's conscience troubles him and he slips into the hospital and leaves a check in the swathed invalid's hands. One glimpse at the figure is enough for Monty and he beats it. How he gets to the lady's house, marries her, and hands father's own check over to father is a further riot.
- Monty is the driver of a delivery wagon for a cleaning and dyeing establishment, romps with a Ford and gets himself into many ridiculous scrapes.
- Because her father has strict ideas about what clothing she should wear and with whom she should associate, Anna Hedder leaves home and takes up residence with two girl friends. She meets Madeline Wallace, whose father is extremely lenient, but he soon discovers that she is becoming too indiscriminate in her associates; Madeline rebels, and she is enticed to Anna's apartment by Reynolds, an old roué, while the girls are out. Anna and her friends return in time to save Madeline's reputation. Madeline, having learned her lesson, returns to her father; and Anna's father, having softened his attitude, persuades her to return home too.
- A poor shoemaker struggles to send his son to college, where he becomes a football star.
- A fortuneteller informs Monte that he will marry the first girl he meets. After several false starts, he meets what he is sure is "the" girl. She takes him to jail, hits him with a book, and affects her brother's escape, leaving Monte inside. He finally gets out, a chase occurs and he swears off girls forever, only to be snared again.
- Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries Tony, whose as much of a reckless spendthrift as she is, and they continue indulging themselves. Tony's wealthy grandfather Adam Patch dies, but to their surprise he leaves Tony nothing. The couple try their hands at actually working for a living, but they don't like it and return to their spendthrift ways. Something has to give, and it soon does.
- The thrilling adventures of the daughters of Professor Stanton, scientist and explorer, in their search for hidden treasure in the Central African jungles.
- When a smart-aleck street kid's police officer father is killed in the line of duty, the boy turns over a new leaf and goes to work to support his mother, brothers, and sisters. He gets a job as an usher in a theater, but really wants to become a police officer to avenge his father's death. He soon finds himself involved in a fake kidnapping, real gangsters, and a tip on the identity of the man who killed his dad.
- Ko-Ko, the Inkwell Clown leaps off the paper and follows a telephone wire to the cinema projectionist. Once inside the projector, the clown draws a mechanical dancing girl and soon falls in love. But the romance is not to be.
- A rich young boy has to prove his worth to the gang he has just joined by enduring all sorts of hardships, including a kidnap attempt, before they'll accept him.
- Monty, a "stranger, who could seldom look his watch in the face" because it is so often in the pawn shop, spends more than he earns, and is desperate for a square meal. Through a series of misadventures he becomes a used car salesman, and does so well that his boss selects Monty to deliver a brand new Model T Ford that has been ordered by King Obogeegee of the south sea island nation of Puskudnick. There, Monty gets entangled with lions, rescues a wandering social up-lifter and his daughter, and escapes in the King's car before the lions and the restless natives cook his goose.
- The Inkwell Clown watches a mosquito land on Max's nose as the cartoonist tries to take a nap, and later finds himself battling a giant mosquito in his cartoon world.
- A Jewish mother in New York finds herself at odds with her son's new wife, a pretty Gentile girl.