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- The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening of his triumph at the Salon des Expositions, he decides to marry her. But, having become rich and famous, he soon falls in love with the Princess of Chaban and abandons the woman to whom he owes his success.
- Jose, a cattle herder on a Spanish "rancho," is deeply in love with pretty Rosita, the village coquette, and when he finds her engaging in a flirtation with the son of his employer, he loses his head and starts a quarrel with the young man, which leads to his dismissal. Soon afterward the ranchman sends young Santos to a nearby town with a large sum of money to deposit in the bank. He is set upon by a band of murderous mountaineers, robbed and left dead by the roadside. Because of his recent quarrel with the youth, Jose is suspected and placed under arrest. One of the robbers, however, angry because he feels he has not been given his fair share of the spoils, informs the police and after an exciting battle in the foothills, the bandits are captured and Jose exonerated. He is then befriended by a rich manufacturer who gives him money to leave for a distant city, there to start life anew. A year later we find Jose the idol of the populace of Seville and the most skillful toreador in Spain. His benefactor has married in the meantime and one day when he and his bride are attending the bullfight, he is astonished to recognize in the famous toreador his old protege, Jose. The friendship is renewed and Jose becomes a frequent visitor at the manufacturer's mansion. Between Jose and the young wife an intimate friendship springs up which grows stronger and stronger until gradually the jealousy of the husband is aroused. Jose, seeing that he really is falling in love and realizing that he is on the verge of destroying the happiness of his friend, writes him a note to the effect that be is going away. That afternoon the great crowd at the bullfight is horrified to see the great toreador trampled and gored by the hoofs and horns of the infuriated bull.
- George Potter, a wealthy banker, disowns his only son Henry as the result of the boy's gambling escapades. Shortly afterward he meets Sylvia Gray, a young woman of great beauty and charm, and falls in love with her. She is fond of him, imagines herself really in love and promises to become his wife. Then she leaves for a short vacation in the South and there meets Henry, who is living under an assumed name. Ignorant that Sylvia is his father's fiancée, Henry falls in love with her and she returns his affection. A letter from Potter, saying that he is coming soon, awakens her to the seriousness of the situation and, loyal to her promise, she refuses to see Henry again. The boy is brokenhearted. An acquaintance, trying to console him, makes the remark that Sylvia is "not worth losing sleep over;" Henry resents the statement and, as both young men are hot-headed, a duel ensues. Potter arrives just in time to learn that his son has been badly wounded. The father rushes to the bedside of the son, who has received a sword thrust in the breast. He finds Sylvia there and learns the true state of affairs. Convinced that the girl's influence for good will be the making of his son, he renounces his own claim, and soon after Henry's recovery becomes the father-in-law of his former fiancée.
- Lyda is a prostitute with no education and no hope for the future. Unfortunately, this ungrateful job leads her to have an unwanted pregnancy, and once born the child abandons her.
- Grazia de Plessans abandons her studies in a convent following a mystical crisis. In her paternal house, she studies music together with maestro Claudio Morillot with whom she ends up falling in love.
- Based on Théophile Gautier's novel of the same name, the film tells of the tragic love affair of Ottavio de Saville. He falls madly in love with Madame Prascovie Labinska, a woman very faithful to her husband, the Polish count Olaf Labinski. Alarmed by the growing physical and mental weariness of the desperate young man, his relatives and friends decide to turn to Doctor Balthazar, who has just returned from a trip to the Indies where he was initiated into the secrets of Brahman.
- Thea is sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a final party, inviting along her estranged husband.
- A young woman living in a castle reads letters written by her ancestor and comes to believe that she is the returned spirit of a former aristocrat who once live there.
- Kay Hoog finds a message that indicates that some Incas are still alive, but the secret organisation "Die Spinnen" wants the Incas' gold....
- An historical epic on the life and myths surrounding Maria Magdalene.
- Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- Literary adaptation: Presumed dead, a former Napoleonic officer struggles to reclaim his honor, his wife, and his property.
- Alexandra swore to avenge her father's murder- and in a moment of frenzy, plunged a dagger into the heart of the man she believed guilty But he was innocent-and the law descended to force Alexandra to pay the full price for her crime.
- A young duchess who, after her husband's death, marries a young military captain, but keeps the marriage a secret in order that she may continue to enjoy the property which she conditionally inherits. When the captain is ordered to the front the Duchess vainly tries to hold him back. She writes him that she is going to become a mother and asks his advice He urges her to proclaim the fact of their marriage. Both are aware that this confession means tho loss of the inheritance, and Helen cannot face love in a cottage. She determines to evade the role of motherhood, and when her husband returns and asks for the child she tells him that her letter was merely a ruse to get him back. For a time the captain believes her. But a blackmailing nihilistic doctor Bets a thought germinating in the brain of a dwarf who has been dismissed by the Duchess, and through his instrumentality, the conscience-stricken woman is literally blown by a bomb into eternity. A subsidiary plot centres about the statue of Nemesis which is unearthed in the grounds of an old monastery after being buried, some hundreds of years.
- When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
- Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
- Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
- An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.