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- "This magnificent pageant is every year the mecca of tourists from all over the world. Our picture shows the following floats in the parade of 1899: No. 1, Corn; No. 2, Cherries; No. 3, Coffee; No. 4, Tea."
- "A stunning view of one of the fastest boats in Uncle Sam's torpedo fleet. She is running under forced draught at full headway, and comes like a race horse directly toward the camera, suddenly swerving and passing out of the field of the picture."
- "Colored stevedores carrying the cargo aboard a river boat."
- For many years the Mardi Grad held annually in New Orleans has formed articles for numerous magazines and newspapers. The celebration is unique -- unknown to any other state -- and has made the City of New Orleans famous throughout the world, as it is attended annually by thousands of spectators from all over the country and the demand for moving picture films which would fittingly portray this celebration has been universal. We obtained last year special permits from the Mayor of New Orleans which enabled our artist to reproduce the principal scenes for the benefit of our customers.
- For many years the Mardi Gras held annually in New Orleans has formed articles for numerous magazines and newspapers. The celebratiuon is unique -- unknown to any other state -- and has made the City of New Orleans famous throughout the world, as it is attended annually by thousands of spectators from all over the country and the demand for moving picture films which would fittingly portray this celebration has been universal. We obtained last year special permits from the Mayor of New Orleans which enabled our artist to reproduce the principal scenes for the benefit of our customers.
- For many years the Mardi Gras held annually in New Orleans has formed articles for numerous magazines and newspapers -- and has made the City of New Orleans famous throughout the world, as it is attended annually by thousands of spectators from all over the country and the demand for moving picture films which would fittingly portray this celebration has been universal. We obtained last year special permits from the Mayor of New Orleans which enabled our artist to reproduce the principal scenes for the benefit of our customers.
- For many years the Mardi Gras held annually in New Orleans has formed articles for numerous magazines and newspapers. The celebration is unique -- unknown to any other state -- and has made the City of New Orleans famous throughout the world, as it is attended annually by thousands of spectators from all over the country and the demand for moving picture films which would fittingly portray this celebration has been universal. We obtained last year special permits from the Mayor of New Orleans which enabled our artist to reproduce the principal scenes for the benefit of our customers.
- Comte de Breard, an impoverished nobleman, is in love with Delaphine, daughter of the rich George Huguet, but the young woman is not impressed by the Comte's wooing, although his suit is favored by her father. In order to replenish his purse, Comte de Breard tries his hand at cards, but loses to a mysterious stranger, who had previously won from quite a number of the club members. The next day. Delaphine, while out riding, drops a pearl necklace. It is found by the stranger, who returns it to the lady and promptly falls in love with her. He is introduced to Delaphine's father and receives an invitation to attend the Grande Fete, to be held the following day. Comte de Breard discovers the attachment that has sprung up between Delaphine and the stranger. In a spirit of mean revenge, he denounces the newcomer before the guests, stating that he is a common gamester, which results in the stranger being ordered from the place. Delaphine does not believe the charges against her lover. An elopement is planned and they are happily married. The father and the Comte hear of the elopement and follow but arrive too late to prevent the ceremony. They are greeted by the daughter and the stranger, who now discloses his identity by announcing that he "is no common gamester, but the Comte de Charmon."
- In a picturesque German village William meets Gretchen and when he returns home he tells his mother of the beautiful face which he has seen. As the days pass the acquaintanceship ripens into love and the sweethearts become downcast when it is found that William must leave for the city to enter his apprenticeship. The young couple visit the Shrine of the Virgin Mary, where they plight their troth and exchange many promises of constancy. Two years elapse and William returns home. He greets his mother and hastens to Gretchen's house, only to find that the girl has been unable to withstand the sorrow of separation and has passed away. William is almost distracted and his mother endeavors to console him. A party of pilgrims pass the house on their way to the shrine and the good mother suggests that they, too, visit the sacred spot. Through an old tradition the pilgrims prepare a wax symbol of their afflictions, which they present to the Mother of God with their prayers and William, therefore, molds a waxen heart which he places before the shrine, promising to honor the Holy Mother all the days of his life. When William and his mother return home the young man falls asleep. A vision of the Virgin appears to him, touches his heart and tells him he is soon to be reunited with his loved one. The mother turns to her son and finding his life has departed, she realizes that Providence has offered this deliverance from his grief, and the good woman kneels to offer a prayer.
- Kotton, Sr., takes a vacation, leaving his son in charge of the factory. Shortly after the departure of his father, Kotton, Jr., hears a complaint against the foreman. This is no sooner adjusted than the girls demand higher wages and fewer hours, and Kotton, Jr., indicates his approval. Returning from his vacation, Kotton, Sr., learns of the increase in wages and declares that the old scale will prevail. This order is followed by a strike. Kotton, Jr., leaves his father's house and factory through sympathy with the strikers and marries one of the former employees. A year later he is discovered in his humble home and he is now a happy and proud parent. Kotton, Sr., having heard of the birth of his son's heir, calls to see the baby. He becomes so impressed with the grandchild that he adjusts the differences with his son and progressive measures are instituted at the factory.
- Ralph and Gordon are both in love with Mary and the former attempts to propose, but cannot summon sufficient courage. Mary understands the young man and suggests that he leave a note in the trunk of an old tree. Taking heart from this encouragement. Ralph writes a message and places it at the "sweethearts' post office." Gordon, watching the affair from a distance, comes up, reads the note, destroys half of it, and places the balance in the tree. When Mary reads the mutilated note, the meaning has been entirely changed by the omission of the stolen half, and she becomes angry at Ralph's seeming heartlessness. The next day she denounces Ralph in such a manner that he impulsively leaves for Africa. A short time after his departure Gordon, through the aid of Mary's grandmother, persuades the girl to marry him. Feeling piqued at Ralph's treatment, she prepares for the wedding, but when the final day arrives, she realizes she is making a mistake and is consequently overjoyed when Gordon's better nature asserts itself. He declares he has been unfair and volunteers to follow Ralph to Africa, hoping to bring him back. With a competent guide Gordon penetrates the African jungles and approaches Ralph's camp, but while lying in his tent he is bitten by a venomous snake. He rushes out in delirium and his ravings are heard by Ralph. Quick aid is given to Gordon and his life is saved, although the amputation of his arm is necessary. Gordon rapidly gains strength and the two men return to America where Ralph and Mary are reunited.
- Our old friend, Roost Sweet, of Buck town, New Orleans, falls for the charms of a New York manicurist of dusky color. Roost consults a palmist and is told that he will be lucky in a love affair. The next day Roost visits Lawyer Moose and hires him to write a proposal of marriage to the manicure lady. The girl answers his note, saying that she will marry him if he will secure for her an introduction to the "Gent from Honduras" at the coming ball. The untiring lover does as he is bid, but when the manicurist meets the "Gent from Honduras." it is all off with Roost.
- Paul and his friend, the doctor, are anxious to attend the Mardi Gras, but their wives do not favor the expedition. Not to be discouraged, the men hit upon a subterfuge and reach New Orleans, where they fall into the holiday spirit and don masqueraders' costumes. Unfortunately they adopt the same wardrobe worn by two escaped lunatics who imagine themselves to be Julius Caesar and Macbeth and are garbed accordingly. The wives, having suspected their husbands, come to New Orleans and discover the disguise of the two excursionists. They are not aware, however, that the lunatics in the same attire are at large. The wives, masquerading, meet the lunatics and thinking them to be the husbands, decide to humor them. Then the two men appear and find their wives in company with two strangers. The many laughable situations which arise and the novel scenes of the Mardi Gras make this original comedy highly entertaining.
- A dramatization of the methods in which young women are abducted or otherwise procured for prostitution.
- Madeline De Valette is betrothed to her father's cousin, Raoul De Valette, arrangements having been made when she was but a child. Valette requests his cousin's presence at his home to be presented to his fiancée. Raoul has been carrying on a love affair with L'Acadienne, a beautiful Creole who loves him devotedly. Much against his wishes, he is compelled to leave L'Acadienne. In spite of her pleadings and threats, he sets out for the Valette home. Her jealousy prompts her to follow Raoul and disclose their love affair to his fiancée's father, and thus prevent the marriage. Madeline is in the springtime of her youth. She is fully aware of her coming marriage with Raoul, but the realization of what it means does not occur to her. She has been rehearsed daily to prepare for her first meeting with her fiancé. Raoul finally arrives at the Valette home. Although disappointed, she accepts Raoul, as a duty to her father, whose earnest wish is that she shall marry a Val De Valette. At this time the United States is at war, and there is a call for volunteers. Wolf, a backwoodsman, has been recruiting a company of citizens to help Andrew Jackson to fight the enemy at New Orleans. Gilbert Seele, whose father owns the estate adjoining the Valette's has enlisted, unbeknown to his father, who has opposed his going away. Gilbert's father, who has purchased most of the Valette property, learning of Valette's poverty, desires to buy the Valette home. In spite of their previous business transactions, Valette and Steele are not on friendly terms. Steele sends Gilbert to Valette to negotiate the sale of Valette's home. While there. Gilbert meets Madeline. He immediately falls in love with her, and she, in her innocence returns it. Valette is angry at Gilbert for daring to expect love from a lady who was already betrothed. He also refuses to listen to Steele's proposition to buy his home. Gilbert is ordered from the house, enraged at the harsh treatment accorded him. Madeline, who fears that Gilbert is angry at her, runs after him to explain. She is unable to overtake him, but the thought of never seeing him again terrifies her and she continues to follow Gilbert. Gilbert is to join the recruits at sundown. He secretly leaves home, and Madeline, arriving there, finds him gone, but she does not give up her march. In the meantime. L'Acadienne has arrived, and meeting Raoul, she threatens to expose him. Raoul manages to persuade her to remain silent by telling her that his marriage with Madeline will not part them. This satisfies her. Raoul, seeing his opportunity for breaking the betrothal, asserts that Valette could not expect him to marry Madeline now. Valette allows him to depart. He is immediately joined by L'Acadienne and they return to New Orleans. Madeline's condition is serious. Her mind is afflicted by the shock, but her father does not relent, declaring that her condition is her punishment. Crawley's report is soon found to be false for Gilbert, Wolf and the recruits return. They have been victorious. Crawley, fearing Wolf's and the people's wrath, seeks aid from Father O'Mara, who promptly hands him over to Wolf and the people who are searching for him. Crawley receives a just punishment. Gilbert learns of Madeline's condition, and efforts are made to recover her reason. A plan is decided on, the result of which causes Madeline's recovery. Valette, learning the real facts, offers his sanction to the betrothal of Madeline and Gilbert.
- A film written in a convincing manner, driving home the evils of drink that will appeal to the liberal thinker and the abstainer.
- Eleanor Mannering, an American girl living abroad at the home of her cousin, Jessica Mannering, chooses Prince Carl of Noyodna from among her titled suitors and marries him. As they start on their wedding trip they meet with an automobile accident and Eleanor is injured. Baron Von Steinberck, prime minister of Noyodna, arrives at Jessica Mannering's house shortly after the Prince and Princess have left it. He has a message for Prince Carl calling on him to return at once to his capital as his father, the King, is at the point of death. He learns that the Prince has just started on his wedding journey. Accompanied by Dr. McKenzie and one of the Prince's advisers, Von Aldorz, the prime minister, follows Prince Carl and Eleanor. They arrive on the scene of the auto wreck. The Prince leaves at once for Noyodna, after placing his wife in the hands of Dr. McKenzie and Von Aldorz. Back at Jessica's home, Princess Eleanor develops amnesia and remembers nothing that happened before the accident. In delirium her memory partially returns. She calls for her husband piteously, though it is evident that she has forgotten his appearance and personality. Dr. McKenzie and Von Aldorz decide that she has one chance of regaining her reason. A man must appear at her bedside posing as her husband. Mallory, a lover of adventure, and a daredevil, is selected for the role of the bogus Prince. Mallory is presented to the Princess. She falls in love with him at sight and he with her. She believes that he is, as she has been told, the Prince, her husband. The real Prince returns unexpectedly and finds his wife in Mallory's arms. Von Steinberck wishes to rid the Prince of his morganatic wife and abducts her. Prince Carl's father had died and Carl is now King. Mallory sees the abduction and follows. Prince Carl learns of it, too, and pursues with Dr. McKenzie and Von Aldorz. The Princess is carried by Steinberck to a deserted castle. Mallory gets into the castle, followed by the Prince and his group. There is a battle with pistols, during which Steinberck wounds Mallory and kills Prince Carl. Eleanor is freed. Her love for Mallory turns to resentment when she hears of the deception. But Mallory is now hovering between life and death. In his delirium he calls for Eleanor just as she did for a dimly-remembered husband. Dr. McKenzie tells her that her presence at Mallory's bedside alone can save Mallory's life. As she kneels beside the Irish adventurer and calls him by name; he smiles in recognition. The picture fades out with them in each other's arms.
- This picture deals with the fates of Gaston Beauvais, an aristocratic young banker of Paris, and Pauline de Chauvilles, his fiancée. Beauvais discovers that Sylvion, his best friend, has long carried on a clandestine love affair with Pauline. An artist acquaintance urges Gaston to comfort himself with absinthe. Gaston in his despair yields. From that moment the wreck of his career begins. Maddened by absinthe, he denounces Pauline at the marriage-altar on his wedding day, as Sylvion's cast-off mistress. Still driven by absinthe, he murders Sylvion and ultimately his brutalities drives Pauline, now a pitiful outcast of the streets, for she fled her home in shame after Gaston cast her off, to end her pathetic existence in the dark waters of the Seine.
- During a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Carey, the topic of "black sheep" in families comes up, and Mr. Carey makes the remark that if ever he discovered that there was a thief in the family of the woman he married he would divorce her. The next evening Carey is called away, and Mrs. Carey and her little child are left alone. Mrs. Carey puts her child to bed and goes to her sitting room to read. She thinks of her husband said the day before and a vision of past days comes to her....She is a young woman in good circumstances; her father is a prosperous businessman. One day, though, he returns home to inform his daughter and son that his fortune has been swept away. The loss of his fortune and his position cause him much worry, and he dies from the effects. The brother, accustomed to all the good things of life, finds it hard to do anything. He sells his belongings and gets what money he can. Lower and lower he falls, until one day he is caught by the police in the act of leaving a house by a window and is sent to prison as a burglar. The sister, not wishing to live alone, writes to one of her friends, telling her that she is in poor circumstances, and asks if she might visit her. At once the invitation is extended, and we find her at the handsome home of her friend. Here, as time goes, she meets a wealthy man who learns her story, excepting that part relating to her brother, and he proposes marriage. As the reverie breaks a burglar is seen entering the home of Carey. He glides in quietly, searching for some important papers. He knocks over a stool, which awakens the little child. She at once leaves her bed and goes into the drawing room. The burglar, masked, not knowing who is entering, points his revolver toward the door. The child enters, and the burglar tries to persuade her to go back to her room. Mrs. Carey, hearing the noise, comes hastily to the drawing room. Stealthily she had secured her own revolver, and, seeing the situation, gets the "drop" on the masked man and calls to him to throw up his hands. He obeys, but, seeing the woman, pulls off his mask and shows he is her brother. She begs him to leave at once, telling him what her husband had said. While they are talking, the child, seeing the revolver which her mother had laid on the table, picks it up and begins to examine it. She puts the muzzle into her mouth and is fingering with the trigger. The mother and the man see this at the same moment, and the mother starts quickly for the child in an effort to grab the gun. The man, quicker witted, stops her and talks quietly with the child until he gets the gun. At this moment Carey is heard coming in. Mrs. Carey pleads with her brother to leave quickly and she hastens out of the room with the child. Carey enters, sees the lights turned on, turns, and sees the fleeing form of the man. He reaches for his revolver and shoots through the window. The shot attracts a policeman who comes to the scene as Carey reaches the garden and both find the wounded man. He is brought into the house and Mrs. Carey is about to tell who he is, but the brother signals to her and the story is left untold. Mrs. Carey finds herself in straits to explain the situation, but manages it successfully. The gang in its den reading the papers of the next morning and seeing that their confederate had failed in his attempt determine to get the papers themselves. They get into the house, capture Carey, bind him, and get the papers from his open safe. After a while the brother arrives from a short sentence, and is told of their success in getting the papers. He knows now that the papers belong to his brother-in-law, and is anxious to get them. He watches where they are kept and, after drinking and carousing in the den he manages to get the papers, and quietly returns them to Carey's desk one night. The next morning the gang learn that the papers have disappeared and plan revenge. They arrange to kidnap the child and thus cause Carey to give them ransom. The brother hears these plans and joins in them. A few days later the little child is seized by one of the gang. The brother sees the scheme. Just as the child is being thrown into a waiting buggy, he draws his gun, shoots, and wounds the kidnapper. The horse, frightened, leaps away with the child in the vehicle. The young fellow runs behind in an effort to race the horse down. Coming to a motorcycle, he grabs it, and starts a race. Passing the running horse, he dismounts and heads off the runaway. He is slightly hurt, but manages to stop the runaway and starts back with the child. The reconciliation comes when Mrs. Carey tells who the young fellow is, taking the chance which she had always feared. Carey decides to send the young man to one of his plants in South America, extracting first, however, a promise that he will never return to this country and that no hint will ever be given of his past life. The picture ends with the little girl waving goodbye to her young uncle as he leaves on his long voyage.
- Antonio Bordiga, a young sculptor living in the Latin Quarter of New Orleans, is commissioned by William Baker, a rich but degenerate clubman, to carve a statue for him. Antonio is unable to secure a woman sufficiently beautiful in body and soul to pose for the statue and loses interest in his work. He is gazing out of his studio window one sunny afternoon when his attention is attracted to a young man forcibly kissing a girl. He rushes to her aid. She is so beautiful that he begs her to pose for him. She acquiesces. From now on his work is a labor of love. He falls in love with his model and she returns his affection. One day William Baker visits Antonio's studio to learn how the statue is progressing. The model tells Antonio that Baker is the man who embraced her the afternoon he came to her rescue, so Antonio refuses to sell the statue to Baker. Antonio marries his model and a little girl blesses their union. Baker, incensed and jealous, uses his wealth to spirit away the model; he locks her in a garret in his apartment and after many weeks he wins her to himself. Meanwhile, Antonio has given up hope of ever finding his wife, and places their little daughter in a convent. From now on he becomes a wanderer and joins a band of gypsies. His wife writes him a note telling him that she is going to kill herself and explaining what Baker has done. Antonio makes efforts to save his wife from the suicide's grave but fails. Years later Antonio and Baker meet accidentally in the mountains, and in a fierce fight. Baker throws Antonio down a rocky cliff and almost kills him. The gypsies see the fight and rush to Antonio's aid. Antonio's rage against Baker becomes greater than ever, and in a frenzy he conspires with the gypsy chief to kidnap Baker's wife, swearing revenge in kind, wife for wife. The gypsy chief finds Antonio's daughter, now 17, at the same house party as Baker's wife. The chief kidnaps the daughter instead of the wife, and brings her to a hut at the gypsy camp. Antonio poisons wine that he thinks Baker's wife will drink. At the last moment he learns that it is his own daughter that he is about to kill. Frenzied, he breaks into the gypsy hut and saves her in time. He meets Baker outside the hut and begins to strangle him. His daughter begs him to leave vengeance in the hands of God; finally he accedes to her wishes. Antonio's daughter marries a young captain of the military force, who was sent to search gypsy camps and all ends happily.
- All the old-world charm that makes New Orleans such a fascinating city to visitors has been preserved in this series of pictures of the Crescent City. The Cabildo, the state building erected under Spanish rule, was the scene of the transfer of the Province of Louisiana from France to the United States in 1803. On the same square is St. Louis Cathedral, erected in 1794. Since the French market is known all over the world, it appropriately has a place in these pictures, as has Metairie Cemetery, one of the most beautiful burial places in the world.
- At the death of John Gower, his widow and daughter, Mildred, find themselves with only a few thousand dollars, as the family lived almost up to the limit of Cower's income. Mildred's mother tells her it is necessary that she marry money. Mildred is fond of Stanley Baird, but her hopes in this direction are shattered by the announcement of his engagement to another woman. Mrs. Gower marries Presbury, an elderly man who thinks she is wealthy, and when he learns the truth he begins taunting Mildred until she is willing to do anything to escape from her humiliating position. Presbury arranges a marriage between Mildred and a multimillionaire, General Siddall. The bride soon discovers that while her husband will buy anything for her she wants, so that he can make an impression upon the world with her beauty, he will not give her any money. This forces her to realize that she is barely more than a piece of furniture in the General's establishment. She leaves him, and meeting Baird learns that he and his wife have separated. He undertakes to furnish her with funds for the cultivation of her voice for an operatic career, with the hope that one day they will be free to marry. Mildred makes slow progress. Her voice is good but uncertain. She meets a young lawyer, Donald Keith, who tells her that she will never succeed because she is too fond of luxury and ease. Meanwhile she discovers through Keith's investigation that she was not legally married to General Siddall, as his first wife was still living, confined in an insane asylum. The General has made many attempts to get her to come back to him, but she refuses. Finally she declines to take any more money from Baird, and by economy, self-denial and hard work succeeds in her musical ambition. Having achieved her independence she is now free to choose between Stanley Baird and Donald Keith, to both of whom she owes a debt of gratitude. Her choice is a happy one, and leaves the story of the life of this typical American girl perfectly rounded out.
- Beneath the moonlight of the southern skies Molly Carrington, daughter of the south, pledges her heart and hand to "Jimmie" Maxwell on the eve of the young man's departure to New York, where his knowledge or cotton has won him a good position in a cotton broker's office. They are married and depart for the metropolis. Due to Maxwell's transition from his calm and uneventful home life to the maelstrom of worldly battle, he succumbs to liquor's lure, and from a stalwart husband is dragged to the depths or Demon Rum's depravity. He loses his position and Molly leaves him, returning to her southern home. As a "down-and-outer" Maxwell sees in a Mobile paper a rumor that his wife plans to divorce him and marry his former rival. Alfred Lewis. His smoldering love for Molly flares up to expose vividly the curse which drink has placed upon him. Maxwell throws off his alcoholic yoke, becomes a man again, and wins back his position. He finds Molly waiting for him the first day he enters the office.
- Historic New Orleans: An American city teeming with historic lore and romantic associations. St. Louis Cathedral first built in 1795. St. Roch's Chapel built in 1871 by Father Thevis to fulfill a vow made during the plague of 1866. The chapel is entirely of the Father's own handiwork. The New Orleans mint was built in 1838 at a cost of $3,000,000. Mother and Baby Summer in Park: On invitation of park commissioners three months old youngster, with her mother, will spend summer months under open sky. A Masterpiece in East-Indian Architecture: Taj Mahal, famous mausoleum, erected in the 16th century by Emperor Shah Jehan in commemoration of his favorite queen. Built of white marble, and cost ten million dollars, and taking 22 years to build. The exquisite white marble dome is 58 feet in diameter and 90 feet high. It is surrounded by a garden adorned with fountains, and containing a profusion of fine trees and flowering shrubs. The corners are adorned with four elegant minarets, from which the muezzin summons the populace to prayer. The decorations consist of inlay work of precious stone in arabesque patterns and mosaic of unsurpassed beauty. Eat More Seafood: The high price of meat has increased the demand for seafood. Boston is one of the largest, best equipped, and most extensive fishing ports in the world. The fishing fleet returns with thousands of dollars worth of cod, haddock and mackerel. The cod is the most important food fish taken from the eastern coast of North America. Cod liver oil is extremely valuable.
- The Mississippi river, the nation's most important waterway, well deserves a prominent place in Gaumont's "See America First." The trip starts with the departure of the steamer from New Orleans. Typical levee scenes are shown, and then come pictures of the towns that line the river bank. Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana, is next viewed, there being pictures of the state Capitol building and the Southern University, an industrial school for negroes. The pictures of the Baton Rouge National cemetery include a view of the monument erected by the state of Massachusetts. Amite River, with its swift current and moss-covered trees, gives one an excellent idea of the tributaries of the Father of Waters in the southern states.
- Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
- When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child. Kindly old Uncle Tom, however, is sold to a Southern slave trader and begins his voyage down the Mississippi River. During the trip, he rescues little Eva St. Clair from the river, and out of gratitude, the girl's father buys him. At the St. Clair home in New Orleans, Uncle Tom, Little Eva, and a mischievous little slave named Topsy become such close friends that Eva extracts a promise from her father to free the slave. The delicate Eva becomes ill and dies, and because her father is killed soon afterwards, St. Clair's promise goes unfulfilled, and Uncle Tom is sold to the brutal Simon Legree. Continually beaten, Uncle Tom finally dies just as George Shelby, Jr. arrives offering to repurchase the slave and take him home. Before his death, Uncle Tom sees a vision of Eva beckoning him to join her in heaven.
- Joline, a cabaret singer in Paris, models for her lover, painter Paul Granville. Paul becomes famous for his paintings of Joline in the guise of famous women like Cleopatra and Salome. But when he paints Joline as the Madonna, a miracle occurs which transforms her life and ultimately saves his.
- A documentary on birdlife in the state of Louisiana, focusing in particular on the strangest birds.
- The humors of a theatrical boarding house as seen through the glasses of a pair of burlesque comedians.
- The story of a gay dog who becomes tangled up with the operations of an enterprising matrimonial agency proprietor. Pretty girls galore and some clever children are introduced in this comedy.
- Two tramps try to get into society and get a square meal into themselves. They waylay a count, steal his clothes and his title and go through the regulation comic business set down for such cases.
- Blanchette Dumonde is known as "the wickedest woman in Paris" because she cavorts with her wealthy lover Chabin rather than join in the war effort. When she meets sculptor Etienne Desechette, he requests that she pose for him because he is haunted by the great soul that he sees hidden in her face. Although Chabin angrily refuses for her, Blanchette, moved by Etienne's words, attempts to become a nurse, but is rebuked by a hospital authority. Furious, she goes with Chabin to an Apache club, where she flirts with Auchat, the roughest of the dancers, and takes him home when the den is raided. After Chabin finds them and fights Auchat, Blanchette sees Etienne returning from the war, blind. She takes him to a country cottage where she nurses him and poses as he sculpts her image by touch. When Auchat comes to kill Etienne, Blanchette kills Auchat. Chabin arrives and, seeing Blanchette's happiness, tells the police that he killed Auchat, who was attempting to rob the house.
- John Haynes, known as "Hardwood," is a boss lumberjack in the great Northwest woods. During a Saturday-night revel with his pals, he receives a letter informing him he has inherited a modest shop in New Orleans from his late uncle. He has no idea what that means, but he travels to New Orleans to take over his new business, and is dismayed to learns he is now the proprietor of a shop that sells petticoats.
- A scenic tour of New Orleans and St. Augustine, Florida.
- Convent-reared Aline Ann Belame receives a letter from her grandfather General Belame, whom she had never previously met. The letter summons Aline to the old man's plantation to meet the husband he has chosen for her. Elated at the prospect of having a home and a husband, Aline arrives at the plantation only to learn that her fiancé, Monsieur Cayetane, is a withered old man. Aline refuses the match and soon falls in love with Burton Striker, who is installing a vault door on the General's wine cellar. When their plans for elopement are discovered, Cayetane challenges Burton to a duel. Cayetane's bullet goes astray and breaks the General's prized pipe, prompting him to break his granddaughter's engagement. However, the General still withholds his blessings, so Burton retaliates by withholding the combination to the vault. The General graciously concedes defeat.
- Very jealous of the Duke of Desborough's prize race horse "Clipstone," Major Roland Mostyn schemes to destroy his rival and thus obtain possession of the animal. After framing the duke's wife Muriel in a false adultery suit which results in divorce, Mostyn ruins the young duke at cards, thus forcing him to auction his horse in order to pay his debts. Muriel, heartbroken by the separation, persuades her old friend Captain Streatfield to purchase the horse and enter him in the derby. Mostyn bets all his money on his horse and attempts to fix the race but his plot is discovered and Clipstone wins the contest. After Muriel's innocence is proven, Mostyn's villainy towards the duke is finally stopped and the couple is happily reunited.
- Whistling Dick, a hobo known for whistling classical tunes, arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana, to discover that fellow hoboes plan to rob the Lovejoy plantation on Christmas night. Their accomplice is Richmond, a guest and suitor of young Nadine Lovejoy, who loves the overseer, Hunter. On the road, Dick encounters Nadine, Hunter, and Richmond, who offer him a ride and give him a package, which they believe to be a new smoking pipe. After arriving on the plantation, Dick opens the package to find a pair of women's stockings. Richmond's gang of robbers fear that Dick will reveal their plot to the Lovejoys and abduct him. Dick warns his hosts by wrapping a message around a rock, placing it in one of the stockings, and throwing it through a window. It lands on the dining room table during a Christmas dinner party and the plot is thwarted. Dick is welcomed as a guest, given new clothes, and offered a job; but the next morning he resumes his wandering.
- Bobbie Walters, a cab driver in a Midwest city who is trying to save enough money to marry his sweetheart, Dorothy Wright, an attendant at the cigar and newspaper counter of a large hotel, is able to amass $15,000. He acts like a millionaire and soon is fleeced of the money by two Wall Street swindlers. Broke, Bobbie is forced to work as a bellboy at Dorothy's hotel. After a series of struggles and adventures, Bobby wins a fortune in the oil fields of Louisiana, despite the efforts of his rivals, who dynamite his oil derricks. Bobbie and Dorothy marry in the end.
- Joseph, a wealthy young Southern aristocrat, graduates from a seminary; before he takes charge of his assigned parish, he decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and becomes attracted to Bessie, a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie discovers that she is pregnant by Joseph.