All Movies From 1912 to 1915 - Part 4
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- DirectorHarley KnolesStarsNat C. GoodwinTheodore BabcockJulia StuartJames Rallston has married a rich widow who is an invalid with a daughter, Jean. Being in financial difficulties, he plans to get control of his wife's fortune. A woman doctor, Miss Lane, attends Mrs. Rallston and by drugging her reduces her to such a condition of physical impotency that no difficulty is found, by the aid of an unscrupulous keeper of a sanitarium. Dr. Garside, to secure an order for commitment and deprive her of liberty. Fifteen years pass. Rallston lives in magnificent style on his wife's money. He believes her to be dying. Miss Lane hopes to marry Rallston when Mrs. Rallston dies, but instead of dying, she recovers her health and is perfectly sane. Meanwhile, Rallston speculates heavily and loses his daughter's fortune. He tries to persuade the girl to marry an old friend Bigelow, to whom he appeals for help in recovering his fortune. Bigelow suspects Rallston of deception, as well as dishonesty, and is unwilling to believe that Mrs. Rallston is either dead or insane. Bigelow forces up the price of a stock and recovers Jean's fortune for her. Then he disguises himself and, obtaining admission to the sanitarium, rescues Mrs. Rallston. The keeper of the sanitarium, Dr. Garside, takes to flight, and Rallston is killed in an automobile accident. Miss Lane confesses her crime. Mother and daughter are reunited and the girl marries the man of her choice.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsMyrtle TannehillWilliam H. WestWilliam BruntonAdam, the proprietor of a country hotel, loses his heart to Nell, a soubrette. Unknown to the old man, the girl and his son Jack were formerly sweethearts, but had quarreled because of her refusal to leave the stage. Knowing of Adam's love for Nell, Mason, the leading man, and Eppstein, the manager, induce him to finance the show. This is on its last legs. The members of the company stop at Adam's hotel while in Preston and thus Nell meets Jack again. Upon her refusal to give up the stage, Jack angrily leaves her. When the show departs early next morning, Adam goes with it. Nell is fascinated by Mason and the latter plays her against Clara, who also fancies she loves him. Nell does not know that it is Adam's money which is backing the show. When she does discover the manner in which the old man is being fleeced, she promptly declares her intention of quitting the company. The conspirators vainly plead with the girl. Desperate, Mason and Eppstein kidnap Adam and wire Jack in the old man's name asking him to telegraph $600. His suspicions aroused, Jack determines to investigate. In the meantime, Nell has discovered Adam's predicament. Securing assistance, she rescues him just as Jack arrives. In gratitude, Adam advances enough money to send all the members, with the exception of the plotters, home. Nell, sick of the stage, returns to Preston with Jack and his father. The latter learns of their love affair, and concealing his own love, gives them his blessing.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsLili BeckAlfred LundbergJenny Tschernichin-LarssonAn important man's death brings forth a secret, revealing a daughter from another woman, previously unknown to his wife - and bringing about the meeting of the two sisters.
- StarsEmmy WehlenArthur AshleyMae CostelloRuth, a waitress in a cheap restaurant, contributes what she can to the support of her family at home, until the mother's ill health brings the domestic situation to a crisis. Having insufficient money for their needs. Ruth is tempted to "play the horses," at which after losing, she dons male attire and entering the pool room is arrested in a raid. After a night in the station house her identity is disclosed, as also her inability to pay the fine. Arthur Lowe, a wealthy young attorney on the scene at the time, straightens out matters, but Ruth has lost her position, and in seeking another at a beautiful summer hotel, she runs into her older sister, who had left home some time before for the gayer life of the city, in company with two pseudo-gentlemen, card sharps. She lives with one; the other, Powers, quickly realizes that Ruth's prettiness will prove a wonderful decoy for their victims. One day, while canoeing with Powers, Ruth is upset and saved from a watery grave by Lowe, who was leaving his launch for the shore. Their friendship increases after that, which Powers' hatred of Lowe grows rabid. Ruth catches Powers cheating at a card game with Lowe; she exposes him, and the two men start fighting. Powers is about to strike Lowe over the head with a decanter when Ruth shoots him through the shoulder. The story ends happily with Ruth, her mother, and Lowe leaving for a long cruise on Lowe's yacht, and as the stern of the yacht disappears in the distance, Dan Cupid, minus one arrow, stands on the shore smiling contentedly.
- StarsWilliam MorrisAlphonse EthierFlorence La BadieM. Lecoq, the famous detective, while wandering about Paris, heard shots coming from an ill-favored inn, run by Mother Chupin, who called her house the Pepperbox. With several gendarmes Lecoq captured a man while on the ground were lying the bodies of two notorious criminals. The slayer did not deny his guilt, but said that he had shot in self-defense, his story being borne out by Mother Chupin. Fresh elements of mystery were added by the finding of a diamond earring on the floor of the inn, and later, after the two prisoners had been removed, the detective found outside the footprints of a woman, traced them some distance, and found that the woman had been joined by a man. One of the man's footprints was much more pronounced than the other, which convinced the detective that he limped, some brown wool which had rubbed off against a tree where he had been leaning gave the texture of his overcoat, and from the place where it was found it was an easy matter to deduce his height. When these facts were narrated to the official charged with collecting facts and testimony, and in preparing cases for presentation to the court, it developed that a man answering that description had been found outside the police station, apparently hopelessly drunk, and had been locked in the same cell with the slayer. Lecoq hurried to the station, but was not surprised to find that the supposed drunkard had regained his senses, made a pitiful plea to the jailer and had been set free. Lecoq knew that the man was an accomplice of the prisoner, and had planned to be locked up so that he could map out a line of defense for the prisoner to follow. Later developments proved the correctness of this theory. Lecoq found himself blocked at every turn. The detective finally had the prisoner removed to a solitary cell, and watched the prisoner through a peephole. In this way he discovered that the prisoner was communicating with someone outside. Lecoq intercepted one of the notes. The communication from the prisoner explained that he believed that he could escape by the window of his cell if he had the tools. Lecoq arranged with the judge to allow the prisoner to get away, assuring him that he (Lecoq) would always be at his heels. The judge agreed, although he was not the judge who had originally taken up the case. The prisoner got away as per schedule, but was dismayed not to find his friend awaiting him as he had expected. Then the realization came to him that he had been deliberately set free, but was being watched. The prisoner finally landed in a dive and was soon deeply engaged in conversation with a man the detective believed to be the mysterious man in the brown overcoat. The two suspects went away together closely followed by Lecoq. They passed into a narrow lane, on one side of which was a high wall. There the second man suddenly lifted Lecoq's prey over the wall, and, before the detective could follow him. there was a desperate fight. When assistance arrived, Lecoq surrounded the place, which was the residence of the wealthy Duc De Sairmuse. Lecoq believed, as he later proved, that the Duke was really the man who, disguised as a laborer, had been arrested in the inn. Lecoq finally saw a clue in the conduct of Maurice d'Escorval, the first judge, who, in order to get out of prosecuting the prisoner whom he knew, feigned illness, and turned the case over to one of his colleagues. Then Lecoq played his last card. The following day the Duke was told that a servant was outside with an important message that he insisted upon delivering in person. The Duke saw him and was handed a letter signed Maurice d'Escorval, in which the writer mentioned having shielded the Duke and asked in return that the Duke would loan him a large sum of money. The Duke penned a reply warmly thanking the judge for not revealing his secret. Suddenly the letter was snatched away and Lecoq removed his disguise. The Duke pleaded with him. His silence, he said, had been due to the necessity of shielding his family name. It appeared that the Duchess was a woman of humble birth, but their married life had been happy, until the Duke happened to find a letter addressed to her, in which she was commanded to bring a large sum in gold to Mother Chupin's Inn, under penalty of having her husband "learn all." The Duke, pretending to be summoned away, disguised himself as a laborer and watched his own house, expecting and fearing to find that his wife had been untrue to him, he later finding that she was simply shielding her scapegrace brother, a convict. On the appointed night he trailed her to the inn, and, through the window, saw her seated at a table. Suddenly two men came forward, and one dragged one of her diamond earrings from her ear. The Duke ran into the building to aid her; the men attacked him and he shot them both down in self-defense. He then urged his wife to run and remained to cover her retreat, after whispering to Mother Chupin that he would pay liberally for her silence. The next moment the police entered and made him a prisoner. After he was locked up, a drunken man was thrown into his cell, and to his delight he recognized Otto, his faithful valet, who had taken desperate steps to communicate with his master. The two mapped out a course of action. Otto supplying the Duke with a story that the police could investigate and find apparently true and the valet also promised to keep an eye on Lecoq and as far as possible lead him astray. Regarding the Duchess the Duke's mind was at ease, for Otto told of having met her, fleeing from the inn, and of how he had started her home safely. The Duke's story had the ring of sincerity, and Lecoq was much affected. Then the detective told the nobleman that the charge of murder would be squashed, as it was clearly a case of self-defense. Lecoq burned the two incriminating notes and departed, leaving behind a grateful friend who in years to come did not forget the detective who had saved the honor of his name.
- DirectorJulia Crawford IversStarsGeorge FawcettJane WolfeWilliam DesmondJudge Randolph Kent repudiates his son when the latter makes no satisfactory explanation of how the jewels which were stolen at Mrs. Monroe's ball came to be found in his coat pocket. That young Kent, heretofore the idol of the little city and the apple of his father's eye, was, after all, hopeless from the beginning seemed proven when he was later indicted for embezzlement. By an irony of fate Judge Kent himself is forced to hear the case, and on considering the incontrovertible evidence instantly gives his son the maximum sentence, ten years in state's prison. But before the sheriff starts with the condemned youth it is discovered that young Kent has all along been sacrificing himself to shield others. Innocent himself, he protected the thief of the jewels at the Monroes' because it was the brother of the girl he was about to marry, and shouldered the crime of the real embezzler because the latter had befriended Kent and got him his position at the bank when the Monroe scandal had made him an outcast.
- DirectorRichard LöwenbeinStarsErnst MatrayKatta SternaAnton WalbrookA puppeteer fall asleep after a performance of his marionette theater and dreams that his protagonists, Pulcinello, Pierrot and Pierette, have made off with a bag of money. In his dream, the three have freed themselves from the ropes on their bodies and limbs and are beginning to lead a life of their own.
- DirectorRudolf BiebrachStarsHenny PortenRudolf BiebrachEduard von WintersteinCarola Königswerth is a great art lover. At an exhibition of Alexander Frey's works the artist admits that she is his personal muse and inspiration. Frey begs her to model for him.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsRichard LundLili BeckWanda RothgardtThe international criminal Helene Voigt, who calls herself Countess Montigno, is on the run from the law.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsHazel DawnJames KirkwoodIrene HowleyEven though he had saved her father from a financial crisis, Jennifer Hale refuses to marry wealthy Stephen Weldon, who tries to ruin the Hales. They leave for their summer home in the woods where Jennifer falls in love with wealthy James Murray, a lumber camp foreman. After Weldon finds them and threatens Hale with exposure unless Jennifer marries him, Murray marries Jennifer. Weldon then convinces him that Jennifer and he had a secret romance, and that she married Murray for his money. Murray's sister Agnes becomes Weldon's lover, and when he prepares to leave, she kills him. After Jennifer takes the blame to save Murray from learning of Agnes' disgrace, Murray, although he now hates her, takes Jennifer to the mountains to escape the law. Just as the posse overtakes them, a man rides up with the news that Agnes fell over a cliff and confessed before she died. Their love renewed love, the couple are now reunited.
- DirectorPhillips SmalleyLois WeberStarsElla HallRupert JulianFrank ElliottMrs. Forbes, longtime housekeeper at the country mansion of disappointed, embittered aristocrat Mr. Evringham, who is almost a luxurious recluse, is worried: the household has been turned upside-down by the advent of the wife of Evringham's dead son Lawrence, who has arrived with her daughter Eloise. The mother is a schemer who, reduced to her last penny, is pulling every wire to induce wealthy young Dr. Ballard to marry Eloise. It looks as if she is going to succeed and the need for success is imperative because Mr. Evringham is set against his female dependents, whom he might expel from his home at any moment. Then word comes from another son, Harry Evringham, who writes that he and his wife must make a business trip abroad and he asks his father to take Jewel, the child he has never seen, into his home until they return in six weeks. Old Mr. Evringham reluctantly agrees to his son's request. He hates children and is gruff, unresponsive, and self-centered. The only reason he agrees to take the child is because his daughter-in-law, the widow, tries to get him to refuse. He hates this daughter-in-law; therefore takes Jewel in to spite her. Upon her arrival, Jewel meets with a very cool reception. She finds that, according to the Christian Science teachings with which she is familiar, that she has entered a household of hatred and discord. She puts the scriptures and Mrs. Eddy's teachings to practical use and proves to all scoffers that she has found and can demonstrate the truth. Jewel takes a strong liking to her bluff, stern, old grandfather and he finds his heart softening under her influence. She cures herself of a fever which she says came o because a shadow of hatred passed over her for the house's inmates. She wins the heart of the grim housekeeper when she redeems her drunkard son from the grip of the liquor demon, she converts Eloise to the truth of Divine Science, and she proves to everyone that Science can win in spite of all. She reaps a harvest of good from a bleak, barren soil, uniting the strained and jarring household by chain after chain of love.
- DirectorRené PlaissettyStarsGail KaneVernon SteeleNed BurtonPrince Adolph of Syravia, while on a pleasure trip through America, meets Jo Sheldon, a charming American girl. Some time later, at a Charity Fete, they again meet and fall in love. Mrs. Sheldon, Jo's stepmother, being deeply in debt, and unable to repay her creditors, forges Jo's signature to a note for the amount of her debts and gets the money from a Mr. Bote, a friend of the family and very wealthy, whose one ambition in life is to have the title of a Baron. The condition of the note is that Jo marry the Prince and have him bestow the title upon Bote. The Duchess Louise, worried by the love of Jo and the Prince, explains to him that he will be able to marry Jo, only by a morganatic marriage. When the Prince proposes this to Jo, she indignantly refuses. Mr. Bote, hearing of this, tells Jo that he will stop payment on the check and send her father and stepmother to prison. Jo, knowing nothing of the note, goes to her stepmother for an explanation, whereupon after being told everything, she agrees to the marriage to save her father. In the meanwhile, the Prince receives a decoy message that his father, the King, is dying. He informs Jo that he must leave immediately, and asks her to await his return. On reaching there, and finding his father in the best of health, he persuades his younger brother to reign in his place, telling him of his love, then escaping for America, to sacrifice the throne and become an American citizen. Mrs. Sheldon cashes the check and runs off to a foreign port, while Jo leaves for the country where her father's factory is located. The King, on learning of his son's escape, sends one of his men to America, to persuade him to return and stop the marriage. The servant arriving there ahead of the Prince, secures a position in Mr. Sheldon's factory. Jo is seriously injured in an accident, caused by the King's servant, who tries to make a getaway, but is caught and severely punished. The story ends happily, with Jo's recovery and a marriage between her and the Prince.
- DirectorOscar EagleStarsGeorge NashJulia HayEric MayneA group of wealthy men try to corner the cotton market and force up the price. They succeed in their plans, and the market is thrown into a panic. To be entirely successful, it is necessary for them to take into their group John Osborne, who controls a great deal of cotton. They approach him with their plan, but he refuses to agree. Therefore, when cotton is high, he sells, thereby reducing the price, and incidentally making a large amount of money for himself. Osborne returns to the town of his birth, and buys the Ashton Cotton Mills from Henry Stockley and his son, Richard. He retains Richard as his general manager. On the day he takes over the mills the furnace blows up, due to the negligence of Shillinglaw, the drunken engineer. During the explosion a man is killed, and Osborne gives his clerk, Piper, money to be given to the widow. This money, however, Piper keeps, and the fact is known only to Richard Stockley, who observed him putting it away. In the mills there is working a young girl, named Elsie Kent, who is the sole support of her grandmother. She falls in love with Richard, and he betrays her. Osborne falls in love with Hetty Drayson. who lives with her mother. The Draysons had been wealthy, Mr. Drayson having been Henry Stockley's partner in the Ashton Mills, but because he had married the girl whom Stockley loved, Stockley. in revenge, ruined him. Drayson had shortly afterward died, and Mrs. Drayson had since been very bitter against Stockley. One day Henry Stockley is thrown from his horse and brought home in a dying condition. Before he dies, he makes his will. He feels remorse at the way he treated the Draysons, and he determines to make retribution. He leaves his property to his son, Richard, on the condition of Richard's marrying Hetty Drayson, thereby making up to the daughter for the wrong he did to the parents. This puts Richard in a quandary. He wants the money, and yet he knows that Hetty loves Osborne. Besides, there is Elsie, who is soon to become a mother. He solves the problem by spreading the report that Osborne is the betrayer of Elsie, thus alienating Hetty's affection from Osborne. Osborne's life is threatened. Osborne, foreseeing that there will be a great falling off in the price of cotton, telegraphs his broker in code to "sell out." The code number representing this is twenty-four. He gives this telegram to Piper to send. Richard waylays Piper, and, threatening to expose the latter's record of theft, makes him change the 24 to 124, which means "hold." Thus the bottom falls out of the cotton market, and Osborne is ruined. Osborne sells a half interest in the mills, and realizes enough to meet his liabilities. By this time the mill workers come to Osborne's office to attack him for the supposed betrayal of Elsie. Elsie, however, comes in, and to save Osborne, tells them the truth about Richard. The men turn and wish to lynch Richard, but Osborne saves him. Soon after this Elsie dies. Richard follows Osborne to New York and determines to get him out of the way, for now, with Elsie dead, he is in a position to marry Hetty. When he arrives in New York he sends a bogus telegram to Osborne as if from his broker, telling Osborne that he is sending an automobile to take Osborne to his country place over Sunday. When the automobile is out in the country, Osborne is seized and thrown in a deserted house. However, Osborne manages to overpower his captor and escapes. Meanwhile, Richard has gone home and telegraphs to Hetty, saying that Osborne is dead. He goes to see her, and pleads for her hand. She repulses him. He, in anger, pushes her into an elevator, and makes it descend. Before the elevator reaches the bottom, Osborne arrives and saves Hetty. Richard then is unmasked and is led away to prison.
- DirectorLuigi Romano BorgnettoVincenzo DenizotStarsBartolomeo PaganoLeone PapaClementina GayThe uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, "Cabiria." The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl's behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.
- DirectorLaurence TrimbleStarsFlorence TurnerHenry EdwardsEdward LingardA ruined man turns thief but reforms to save his beloved from marrying a crooked lawyer.
- DirectorJames Warry VickersStarsBarbara RutlandHarry Royston
- DirectorVincenzo DenizotStarsValentina FrascaroliDante Testa
- DirectorBert HaldaneStarsGeorge FormbyJack TessierMoore MarriottSquire's nephew's illegitmate son is adopted by horse trainer & rides race to win squire's bequest.
- DirectorGeorge IrvingStarsSidney BlairBen Hendricks Sr.Walter HiersEdward Swinger contrives to win the hand of the lovely Caroline Pickering by selling her father his business - a business that doesn't actually exist.
- DirectorGaston MervaleStarsLaura Nelson HallMarie EmpressMary MooreGeraldine, the daughter of a wealthy New Yorker, is in Hungary and about to return to the United States after an absence of seven years. As a farewell, a masked ball is given in her honor at the American Embassy. Count Carlos Kinski, a distinguished young nobleman, is one of the guests and catches a momentary glimpse of her face. He falls in love with her at once and tries in vain to ascertain her identity. In second cabin he makes the acquaintance of Geraldine during the voyage. Just when his wooing is most propitious, there comes a blow from the dark. His elder brother, while secretary to the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in London, trifled with the affections of an American girl, then cast her off and she ended her life by leaping from a high balcony. Fraulein Handt, a governess to the daughters of the Ambassador, who are guests in Geraldine's home, rake up this story and charges it to Carlos. In the end, Carlos obtains the proof from Hungary that he is not the man who caused the tragedy in London. He then secures the money for his vineyard and the stubbornness of Geraldine wins. The happy pair are last seen among the adoring peasants.
- DirectorIvan AbramsonStarsChristine MayoOtto KrugerMargaret AdairHenry Patterson, living in Chicago with his wife, Lola, and infant boy, Harold, receives disturbing news regarding his mining interests at Denver. He goes there to investigate, and to avoid publicity, assumes the name of Henry Donovan. At Denver, he finds the mine is worthless, and faces ruin. He meets Louise Douglas, a wealthy woman, who becomes attracted to him. She makes overtures of marriage, unaware of his real identity. Henry, in a wild belief that he can save his family from poverty, marries Louise. He invents excuses to Lola, whom he still loves, for his long absence. The poor woman receives his money and affectionate letters, ignorant of his folly. In due course, Louise gives birth to a daughter, Muriel. The months lengthen into years, Lola in her solitude, has formed a strong friendship for Fred Warren, an artist, for whom she poses. The artist, believing Lola to be a widow, presses her to marry him. Her refusals arouse his suspicion, until one day Lola receives a letter which, Warren notices, agitates her. The letter is, indeed, from her husband, a confession of his bigamous union with Louise, and promising to make early reparation. Taking advantage of Lola's absence from the room, Warren purloins the letter and learns her secret. Meanwhile, Louise has entrusted Henry with a large sum of money for investment in New York. He goes instead to his wife at Chicago. In a touching scene, past sins are confessed and forgiven, and the couple make preparations for a hasty departure. At the moment of leaving, Warren pays Lola an unexpected visit. Furiously Warren denounces Henry, calls him "Bigamist," and threatens to turn over his letter of confession to his wife Louise. Henry, demanding the letter, draws a revolver, and in the struggle, the pistol is accidentally discharged, killing the bigamist. With a plea for forgiveness as he dies. Henry hands over to Lola Louise's money. In order not to implicate her in the murder. Warren orders Lola away from the scene. She, having in mind the $50,000, heeds his advice and immediately leaves with Harold for New York, where she assumes the name of "Gibson." Warren telephones the police, giving himself up as the murderer. Louise, notified by the Chicago police of her husband's death, comes to Chicago. Seeking revenge, she secures permission to see her husband's murderer. She enters the cell with a concealed weapon. There she learns for the first time the truth, from the written confession of her husband which the prisoner has concealed on his person. She is prostrated by grief, and her vow of vengeance becomes a promise to help the prisoner. The trial takes place. Warren, aided by Louise's counsel and her testimony, is declared "not guilty." With gratitude on the one side, and sympathy on the other, a strong bond of friendship is formed which soon gives way to love. Warren and Louise marry and come to live in New York. With the passing of years, Lola, giving way to extravagance, becomes penniless. Harold, now at Milan studying music, requests funds, and with her son's need in mind, Lola at a dance steals a necklace. Her theft detected, she is tried and sent to prison for two years. Harold, who has made a name for himself in Milan, meets a charming student, Muriel Warren. Unaware of each other's antecedents, they form a deep attachment and finally arrange to return to America to marry. Lola's prison term expired, she comes to New York. There, sitting on a park bench, she picks up a discarded newspaper, in which she reads the wedding announcement of Harold and Muriel, to take place that afternoon. She rushes to the church, breaks through the crowd, and in a most dramatic scene, before the altar, makes her confession to the priest. Muriel now learns for the first time that her stepfather, Warren, killed her father. Her soul, embittered by the guilt of her parents, she leaves her mother's house and becomes a nun. Harold, learning that his, father's misdeeds nearly caused the marriage of brother and sister, forgives his broken-hearted mother, takes her with him and makes a home for her.
- DirectorElio Gioppo
- DirectorEdoardo Bencivenga
- DirectorA.V. BrambleStarsFay TempleRoy BeardSomers BellamyBuskers give a home to a maid abandoned by a married seducer.
- DirectorGiuseppe PintoStarsLuigi DuseNelly Pinto
- DirectorIgnazio LupiStarsIgnazio LupiInger NyboGuido Trento
- DirectorHarold M. ShawStarsEdna FlugrathSydney VautierCharles RockA Lord's daughter elopes with a bastard who is the rightful heir.
- DirectorPercy NashStarsDouglas CoxMay LynnFrank TennantA nurse changes her baby with her employer's. Her son becomes a wastrel, his an heroic mine manager.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsJenõ HorváthGyula ZilahiAnna Hadrik
- DirectorWilfred NoyStarsBarbara HoffeFrank RoydeHarry WelchmanA Lord's nephew learns a gamekeeper is the true heir and frames him for stabbing a blackmailer.
- Beatrice Morgan's father, Prof. Morgan, discovered a formula for the cure of cancer, which formula is known only, besides himself, to his daughter. His assistant, Jackson, is desirous of obtaining the formula and when caught in the act of trying to steal it he kills his master. Her father's death preys heavily upon Beatrice's mind, and she takes a trip to Paris. Jackson, disguised, and his sweetheart, Violet, follow her. Beatrice is fatally injured in an automobile accident upon her arrival in Paris, the consequence of which is that she loses her memory. At the hospital, Violet applies for a position as a trained nurse and attends Beatrice, hoping that way to get possession of the secret formula. Sometime later, Dr. Heppel, under whose treatment is Beatrice, takes her to his mother's home to convalesce. In her sleep one night she walks into the laboratory and writes the formula upon the blackboard. Jackson, who is on the spot, is about to obtain his aim, when he is arrested by the police, summoned by Dr. Heppel, who thought burglars had entered. Upon the sight of her father's murderer Beatrice's mind suddenly clears, and subsequently she is happily united with the doctor.
- DirectorLéon BaryStarsGregory ScottDaisy CordellConstance BacknerA blinded man shoots his mistress's rich husband and later poses as a gardener to save his daughter form her influence.
- DirectorFrank B. CoigneStarsWilliam WellsMayre HallDorothy KingdonOma loves Jack and refuses to marry Hartman. Jack protects her and they eventually get married. Lafe and Hazelet have been good friends for years. Hartman tells Lafe that Hazelet voted dry. Lafe and Hazelet have a fight. Lafe builds a spite fence so Oma and Jack cannot communicate. Lafe dies with delirium tremens. Mrs. Tuthill dies from injuries received from Lafe while he is drunk. Just before Mrs. Hazelet passes away her husband promises her never to vote wet again. Maude Le Fever, the siren, who married Alfred Tuthill, deserts him and runs away with Sam Weber; she later deserts him. Alcohol kills old Dan Weber and leaves Sam a poverty-stricken wretch. Alfred Tuthill is redeemed from rum and builds a picture theater where the old saloon once stood and becomes a respected citizen. Jack is elected Mayor of the city, defeating Hartman by a large majority.
- DirectorWilly ZeynStarsMartha Angerstein-Licho
- DirectorWalter EdwinStarsIrene FenwickRichie LingLawson ButtTom Grayson, an engineer employed in Mexico, quarrels with some Greasers. When they plot to kill him, the plan is overheard by Lake, a promoter of worthless mines who scents an opportunity to make himself solid with the engineer. Accordingly the authorities are informed, and Tom is saved and Lake thereby wins Tom's friendship and regard. Back in the New England village, Judge Grayson, his wife, and their adopted daughter Cecelia make things as pleasant as possible for the little woman next door, who is socially ostracized by the village gossips because nothing is known of her former life and associates. When his work in Mexico is finished Tom returns home and thus meets the woman next door. Lake, hoping to obtain Tom's endorsement in a fraudulent mining venture, visits the Grayson's and one day is introduced to "Miss Ferguson." He acknowledges the introduction with a "Hello, Jenny." The little woman at first denies her identity and then finally admits that she is Jenny Gay, the former actress whose celebrated divorce suit was dragged through the mire of the yellow journals the year before. Tom, however, refuses to lose faith in her and she tells him her unfortunate history; how, when she was starring on Broadway, Lake had been an ardent suitor and had made life miserable with his persecutions. To escape him she married Ben Whittier, a wealthy banker, but found no happiness in the union, owing to her husband's fondness for Lake and his readiness to believe Lake's lies about her. Then Jenny told him of that night in the big hotel which formed the basis of Whittier's divorce proceedings; of how she had returned about midnight and gone to her room when Lake, who was secreted in a closet, suddenly stepped out. Before she could break from his grasp the door was pushed open and Whittier, with two detectives rushed in. After the sensational divorce, Jenny went to this quiet Connecticut town to seek peace and seclusion. At the conclusion of her narrative, they agree that the only thing to do is to wring a confession from Lake. This they plan to do. In the meantime, Tom's father, a retired lawyer, suspects Lake. With the aid of Federal authorities he is able to do this and on the day set, two secret service men arrive. That afternoon Jenny writes a note to Lake telling him that she has changed her mind about marrying him. Tom, Mr. Grayson and the detectives are hid in Jenny's house and, at the proper moment. Tom comes out and forces from Lake a statement of the framed-up divorce. When this is published, the announcement of the coming marriage of Tom Grayson and "the woman next door" is announced.
- StarsBarney GilmoreRoy GahrisGrace NormanMazie King, an adventuress, through the kindly patronage of Mr. Niel, a society man, is enabled to be a guest at an anniversary reception. Taking advantage of the opportunity she lays her plans to get away with some valuable jewels. Jim O'Bryan, the tool, enters stealthily by way of a side window. He then waylays one of the house butlers and manages to change clothes with him, after which it is easy to get about unrecognized. In the guise of a butler and under the direction of Mazie Jim finally gets possession of the jewels. In making his escape from the house he is discovered by Detective O'Bryan and is wounded. Arriving at the rendezvous, where his partner in crime is waiting, they undertake to divide the spoils, but an argument arises and the wounded crook is forcibly ejected, minus the spoils, from the shack. Ill from loss of blood he manages to reach the home of Tom and Molly Ryan, where he seeks protection, and is finally hidden in a clothes closet. In the meantime the detective arrives at the home of Tom, and although they are innocent, he arrests them. The detectives then return to the river front and finally locate the shack, but Travis, another crook, and Mazie manage to escape and get away on a steam launch, they took without the owner's permission. The detective follows on a river tug, finally overtaking and capturing the pair. At the police court, Tom and Molly, the innocent, and Travis and Mazie, the guilty, are brought face to face, but no evidence is available against Travis and Mazie, when suddenly Tim O'Bryan staggers in and acknowledges his part of the robbery at the same time accusing Travis and Mazie and clearing Tom and Molly of the charge. The finale is very effective, especially when Detective O'Bryan learns it was his own son whom he had wounded and was the actual thief.
- DirectorVilhelm GlückstadtStarsPeter S. AndersenAlfred ArnbakVera LindstrømAt the river beds surrounded by palm trees lives the pearl fishers Bernardo and Capito. One sunny day Bernardo returns with an unusually beautiful pearl. Depending on the size certainly worth thousands of pounds. Bernardo hides the treasure and fall asleep. Capito who is completely enchanted by the great gem steal it and head for Europe.
- DirectorHarry A. PollardStarsMargarita FischerHarry A. PollardJoseph SingletonMotherless Phyllis Ladd runs the household of her father John, a railroad president, who loves her but dreads the day that she will marry and leave. To make her social debut, Phyllis leaves her hometown of Carthage and accepts the invitation of Mrs. Fenshaw, a Washington social matron, to live with her. Phyllis soon tires of the stuffy life and boring suitors and returns. At a matinee road-show performance, Phyllis becomes infatuated with actor Cyril Adair. When she invites him for tea, the vain actor accepts, hoping to seduce her. After more meetings, Cyril's discarded lover informs Ladd, who demands that the romance cease. Phyllis elopes with Cyril, who, touched by her devotion, marries her. Although their life is plagued by Cyril's alcoholism, firings and inability to get new roles because Ladd influences theater managers to reject him, Phyllis patiently tries to bring out the best in her husband. When Phyllis and Cyril refuse Ladd's bribes to end the marriage, Ladd relents, backs a show in which Cyril is to star and is reconciled with the couple.
- DirectorWilliam BertramW.M. HarveyStarsWilliam Courtleigh Jr.Lillian LorraineWilliam ConklinA former Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. Of course he was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile he and his sweetheart search for a buried treasure on Lost Island, which everyone is after.
- DirectorCarlton S. KingStarsMiriam NesbittGeorge A. WrightFrank McGlynn Sr.Mary Wilson, an orphan, has inherited all of her father's money; when her unscrupulous lawyer, Samuel Kingman, tells her that all her investments have turned out badly and that she is ruined, she immediately suspects Kingman of dishonest dealings. She consults another lawyer and is told that she really has no redress. Mary is compelled to sell all her possessions and goes to a boarding-house. Then she starts out to look for employment. Unsuccessful and embittered, she is finally compelled to take a cheap room "with meals" in an East Side house. This house is the home of many noted underworld characters, and here Mary meets Dan Reedy. a crook, and Lilly, an all-around thief. One of the gang has, stolen jewelry and brings it to Dan, who is at the gambling den. The place is raided by the police. They help their leader to make his get-away. Hastening to the boarding house, Dan rushes into Mary's room and begs her to take the jewels out and pawn them for him. She objects, but finally agrees to help him. She passes the police at the door, pawns the jewels and returns just after the police have left. She eventually becomes one of the gang. Meanwhile Samuel Kingman's son Ralph, has been given a position of cashier. Although handling large sums of money each day, he draws only a moderate salary. One night Ralph meets Mary and Lilly, and Mary prevents Lilly from picking Ralph's pockets while in a semi-intoxicated state. This leads to further conversation, during which Mary discovers that the young man is the son of a man who has cheated her out of her fortune. She obtains her revenge upon Ralph's father by getting the son infatuated with her, and by having him steal a lot of money. Mary agrees to go with Ralph to South America when the shortage is discovered, but before boarding the boat, she tells him that she has forgotten something at home and leaves. Mary does not return to the ship and Ralph goes in search of her. He finds her in her apartment, and upbraids her. Mary then makes it known to Ralph that, with the aid of her lawyer, she will make good his shortage, and shows him papers to this effect. Being in love with Mary, Ralph proposes. Mary does not love him, and tells him so. She is later confronted by Dan, who pleads his love for her. Having been impressed by his manliness, she consents, and together they seek "the way back" to upright living.
- DirectorHenry MacRaeNormand McDonaldStarsMarie WalcampWellington A. PlayterRuby CoxDan McQuade, an old fisherman, finds a woman and a child cast up by the storm of the night before. The mother is beyond human aid, but the child is still alive and he takes it to his cottage. Years pass and the child has grown to be a beautiful young girl. She has filled a place in the old fisherman's heart left vacant by the death of his wife and baby many years before. She has a secret cave where she often goes, and as a means of amusement spends her time carving miniature sand statues, in which art she has become proficient. Old Dan has named the girl Coral, and one day the locket she wears falls open, showing a young man and woman. She shows them to Dan, and he tells her how he found her. After her grief has subsided the girl returns to her cave, and from the experience gets an inspiration which makes her carve a life size statue of a mother and babe lying on the rocks. In New York, Phillip Norton, a wealthy young artist and son of a diamond merchant, has been betrothed to Helen, a society girl. On the bridal tour Phillip discovers his wife to be self-centered and selfish and comes to the conclusion that she married him merely to satisfy her vanity. Every advance he makes to his wife is repulsed and he attempts to stifle his love for her. As the yacht upon which they are spending their honeymoon enters the little bay where Dan and Coral live, Phillip takes his painting paraphernalia ashore and makes some sketches to divert his mind. He is discovered by Coral, but she is in awe of him, and when he looks around she flees. As the days pass Coral again finds him, but this time he is downcast. She gives him one of her statues, and the friendship thus engendered grows as time passes. Helen, through marine glasses, espies her husband with Coral, and heaps her wrath upon him when he returns to the yacht. Phillip's pent-up emotions break their bonds, and gathering her up in his arms he carries her to the cabin, where he leaves her. While standing on the deck he sees Coral dive to the water below and swim about. Filled with longing, he seeks her out. Sympathy leads to love, and as Coral caresses the broken man she learns for the first time the meaning of love. Phillip, overcome with remorse at his double acting, asks Coral to forgive and forget him. That night old Dan dies and the girl is left alone. Despite his wife's anger and hate, he takes Coral to his parents' home in New York, where she is received with open arms. Coral's knowledge of sculpture is increased by Phillip's aid, and her happiness is punctuated only by the actions of Helen. A valuable diamond belonging to Phillip's father is missing. During a reception, one of Coral's statues is broken and the diamond disclosed. Coral is accused, but later Phillip's father learns that Helen contrived to have Coral disgraced. Seeing that she has been discovered, Helen hurriedly leaves the house and is killed in a railroad wreck. Meanwhile Coral, who has left the house, comes to the studio of Paul Dore, a sculptor, who offers to teach the girl free of charge. Later she is taken under the "wing" of the old janitor of the art school and his wife, who look upon her as their own child. Some time later the art school offers a price of $1,000 and a medal for the statue that wins the first prize at the Academy, and Coral decides to compete. Phillip has sought in vain for Coral after his wife's death and is persuaded to attend the exhibition at the Academy, and on the unveiling of a statue recognizes it as Coral's work. Coral is summoned to the studio and awarded the prize. After the committee have gone Coral tells Dore of her inspiration and shows him the locket. He recognizes it as a picture of himself and wife and tells the girl of the wreck. There is a happy reunion between father and daughter. Phillip enters and is overjoyed to meet Coral again. Coral makes a visit to the old janitor and his wife and leaves them the envelope with the prize money, which gladdens their old hearts. Some time later a white yacht drops anchor in the bay near where Coral was raised, and while Paul Dore kneels beside his wife's grave high on the cliffs above two figures appear and suddenly merge into one. Phillip and Coral are clasped in each other's arms and Phillip points out their yacht.
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsTheda BaraJean SothernWilliam E. ShayIn Paris, the beautiful orphan Henriette is kidnapped by the Marquis de Presles, a libertine, leaving her blind and defenseless friend Louise wandering the streets alone. While Mother Frochard, a beggar and thief, forces Louise to beg for her food, Henriette is rescued by the Chevalier de Vaudrey, who loves her. The chevalier's mother, the Countess De Liniere, discovers that Louise is her long-lost daughter and resolves to find her. In the meantime, Mother Frochard's son, a hunchback named Pierre, falls in love with Louise, and when his brother Jacques cruelly beats the girl, Pierre kills him. Just then, the countess locates Louise, and after the girl regains her sight, she is joined with Pierre. The countess then gives her consent to the marriage of her son and Henriette.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsVilhelm HanssonEdith ErastoffEdmond HansenA young student has had a relationship with a young Jewish woman. When she becomes pregnant, he refuses to marry her, arguing that she is Jewish and he Christian.
- DirectorTheodore MarstonStarsRobert EdesonDonald HallEdward ElkasSurgeon Crisp announces to his student doctors and friends that he has solved the problem of limb-grafting, and shows proofs. Among those deeply interested is Mortmain, a friend of Dr. Crisp's. Mortmain is a gentleman of leisure and collector of rare art subjects and is heavily in debt to his friend, Cordon Russell. He is warned of that debt by Russell's lawyer, a friend of Mortmain's. While Russell at first has no desire to call in the loans, when the two men become rivals for the affections of Russel's ward, Bella Forsythe, things change. Knowing the weakness of her brother, Tom, Russell gives the latter a chance to fall into trouble, hoping to turn that fall into his own advantage. Tom falls into the trap and Russell uses this fall against Bella, who has become engaged to Mortmain. Meanwhile, Mortmain is told he is completely ruined by Flynt, Russell's lawyer. He curses Russell and his declaration that he would like to kill the man is overheard by Flaggs, the clerk of Flynt. Mortmain is informed of the murder of Russell, also that the police are after Tom Forsythe. Mortmain faints and in falling injures his hand terribly. Dr. Crisp informs him he must lose his hand and suggests he get another man's hand to graft upon the stump. He consents and Crisp finds a man who will give his hand, it is Tom Forsythe. During the operation Tom dies. Dr. Crisp has recognized Tom and keeps the news from Bella. Mortmain regaining consciousness after the operation, sees an uncanny vision of Flaggs and learns that Tom Forsythe, who gave him his hand died in the operation. He finally awakens from his terrible dream to learn that Tom is alive and well, and that the real murderer was Flaggs' while Mortmain's hand is his own.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsHobart BosworthJane NovakJ. Edwin BrownWhile working his way through college, Paul Potter acquires a flock of wealthy friends who encourage him to give up his hometown fiancée, Sylvia Castle, for Muriel Evers, a flirtatious married woman. After Sylvia releases Paul, and Muriel's husband divorces her for infidelity, Paul and Muriel marry. Meanwhile, when Sylvia's father dies after being ruined in the stock market, she goes from one job to another in the city until she tries acting in a stock company. There she befriends Henry Leamington, an alcoholic leading man, who, as he tutors her, falls in love and stops drinking because of her. When Paul discovers Muriel's unfaithfulness, he renews his acquaintance with Sylvia, who still loves him. After Muriel dies in an automobile crash, Paul's appearance in Sylvia's dressing room before an opening night causes Henry to drink, but after Sylvia refuses Paul's request to be his mistress, Henry braces himself to give a commanding performance, after which they marry.
- DirectorJoseph AdelmanStarsMay WardGeorge HarcourtWilliam SorelleThe story is one of love and adventure in the exciting days of '76 when this country declared its independence and shook off the yoke of England. Flossie Burgett, loved by two soldiers, naturally plights her troth to the American, thereupon the Tory becomes the enemy not only of her sweetheart, but of her family. A duel fought between the two men only fans to deeper flame the animosity of Staunton, who was worsted. The villain tries to persecute the girl. He meets his just deserts at the hands of Deerfoot, who kills him with a rifle after receiving his own death wound. The leap of the captain from a high cliff and the death in the water are filled with excitement. After the war and the birth of the United States, all ends happily on Christmas Day with several pairs of lovers made happy.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsHal FordeMarguerite CourtotHenry HallamLester, returning from Mexico, becomes interested in Helen, a girl whose life he had saved. Helen, according to her uncle, Vanderhoff, is insane. Dr. Luchow, Lester's friend, confirms Vanderhoff's statement. Upon returning home, the author finds that the Vanderhoffs have rented the adjoining cottage. The writer sees Helen drop a note. Picking it up, he finds the paper blank. Lester's window faces Helen's window. That night, the girl informs him in pantomime that the note contains a message written in milk. Scorching brings the message into view. As the result, Lester learns that Helen is the victim of a foul plot on the part of her uncle who desires to obtain her fortune. The girl drops a notebook which contains the details. The author is thus informed that Vanderhoff, by keeping his niece drugged with a loco weed preparation, succeeds in fooling the physicians who examine her. Lester breaks into the Vanderhoff house the following morning. He is discovered by Jose, who knocks the author unconscious and places him in the room above the dining room. Vanderhoff hastens his preparations to place Helen in the insane asylum. Dr. Luchow calls for the purpose of preparing the papers. Lester, using the top of a ventilator, saws away at his bonds. The blood from his bruised hands drips down upon Luchow's paper and the doctor soon becomes aware of what is going on. Jose attacks Lester just as the latter gains his freedom, but Dr. Luchow's timely arrival saves his friend. The Mexican and Vanderhoff endeavor to make their get-away in an auto, but an explosion, which wrecks the machine, ends their villainous careers.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsJose CollinsAlec B. FrancisLeslie StoweSir Anthony Gregson, Bart., a wealthy mine owner, is unpopular with his employees, because of his unreasonable temper and lack of sympathy. Sir Anthony has one son, Aubrey, a lovable young man, who has angered his father by refusing to follow the latter's dictation in the matter of his marriage. Sir Anthony also has a twin brother, whom he has not seen for years. The brother, who has humble associates, is known among them as "Blink." Blink is married to a gypsy girl, known as "The Tearer." Sir Anthony makes a sea trip to benefit his health. By chance the yacht anchors off the coast where Blink has his hut. Sir Anthony accepts his brother's invitation to call on him, and while at Blink's hut he has a stroke of paralysis, and dies. Blink changes clothes with Sir Anthony, and taking advantage of his striking likeness to the other man, impersonates him. He proceeds to the yacht, taking "The Tearer" with him, pretending she is Miss Gibson, his trained nurse. Blink, as Sir Anthony, sails homeward with his "trained nurse." The first thing he does is to call on Mary Priestly with Miss Gibson. Miss Gibson tells Mary that she wishes to marry Sir Anthony, but will not take this step without first getting the consent of Aubrey. Sir Anthony (Blink) is apparently reconciled to his son and gives him his consent to marry Mary. Aubrey, of course, gives his consent in return. The troubles in the mines have reached a climax. The men have struck because of small wages and unsafe equipment. The men are enraged against Sir Anthony. To quell the disturbance, Blink, as Sir Anthony, agrees to look over the mines and investigate. This he does, taking Aubrey and Miss Gibson with him. After he investigates, he orders that new and safe equipment shall be bought, and that the miners' wages shall be raised. All this while Gouger, the friend of Blink in his former life, has been trying to see the man he thinks is Sir Anthony. Having found Sir Anthony dead in Blink's hut, he thinks that Sir Anthony has killed Blink and eloped with "The Tearer." Gouger is eager for revenge. He finds "The Tearer" and says that he wishes to have an interview with Sir Anthony. "The Tearer" (Miss Gibson), frightened for Blink's life, keeps putting Gouger off. At last, however, Blink (Sir Anthony) agrees to see him. Aubrey, Mary and Miss Gibson are in the room. To satisfy Gouger it is necessary for Blink to disclose his identity before Aubrey. This, of course, satisfies Gouger. Aubrey does not mind, as he has grown to love Blink. Blink again marries "The Tearer" for appearance's sake, and Aubrey marries Mary Priestly.
- DirectorEdwin CareweStarsEmily StevensGeorge LeGuereWalter HitchcockStandish, an artist, finishes a painting of the Madonna. His wife, Mary, acted as model, and when the Connoisseur and the Parishioner inspect the picture, the former tells Standish that he recognizes in the model a one-time paramour of his. The Connoisseur and the Parishioner buy the painting and after their departure Standish upbraids his wife, who tells him that she believed herself legally married to the Connoisseur. Standish refuses to accept her explanation and ejects her and their baby son. Mary leaves her boy on the steps of a monastery, and seventeen years later, just before becoming a monk, he receives permission to see the world. He wanders into a gay café and succumbs to the charms of Beauty. The other inmates of the place, Lust, Rum, Avarice and Passion are dancing around him when the proprietor enters. It is Mary, his mother. She recognizes him from the crucifix which he wears and which she left with him when he was a baby. Without revealing her identity she persuades him to go back and later when he has become a priest, a bedraggled old woman (his mother) enters his church. She recognizes him and just before she dies her son gives her absolution.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsFrank SheridanPaul McAllisterCalvin ThomasPrologue: John J. Haggleton is the oil king of the world. In his first years while fighting bitterly for success his methods are unscrupulous. His wife suffers as a result and learns to hate his dishonesty. One day, finding written proof of a plot to burn up the oil refinery of a competitor, she leaves him, taking her baby boy and the condemning documents. Lawrence, a competitor of Haggleton, shoots himself as a result of Haggleton's manipulations and another, Moran, ruined, falls into misery. Haggleton's wife dies in poverty, leaving her boy, Philip, in the care of a poor old man named Gentle, who brings him up under an assumed name so that the boy shall never know his father's name. Gentle keeps the documents incriminating Haggleton. The story proper opens in Moran's home. Moran, who is now working in a miserable East Side bakery with his daughter, Jenny, a woman of the streets who has been ruined by Lawrence's son, but who has reformed, is in love with Philip Ames, who is really the son of Haggleton. He in turn is in love, not with Jenny, but with Margaret Lawrence, daughter of the man who committed suicide. She is a nurse in a hospital. Haggleton comes to visit the tenement in which the Morans live and there meets his son, who is calling on Moran. Haggleton does not reveal his identity. He discovers through Gentle the identity of his son and of the hatred his son has been taught to bear against the oil king. Haggleton is struck by the boy's speeches and when shown the horrible conditions of the people living in the tenement, he offers to help them with money, but his son refuses the money, saying that a man in order to make charity effective must not merely hand money to poor people but must understand them as well. Haggleton, in an effort to win back his son, decides to try living as a laborer. He sends orders for his yacht to sail, spreading the rumor that he is on board for a long cruise. Then he starts life over in a tenement without a penny. Haggleton starts work as a kneader in Moran's bake-shop and after studying conditions begins to build up an electrical bakeshop, which will later become a real bread trust. As they prosper, the home of Moran becomes happier, but Moran, inflamed by socialistic ideas, spread about by a few bakers who are thrown out of work by the electrical machinery, nurses anarchistic hatred against men such as Haggleton who ruined him. He doesn't know, however, that Jackson is Haggleton. To this argument Haggleton explains to him that his bread trust may be hurting a few bakers, but benefits the whole East Side. Haggleton learns of the engagement of Philip with Margaret Lawrence. He tries to withhold this marriage as he has much greater plans in mind for his son, and in so doing discloses his real identity. Moran, infuriated, tries to shoot Haggleton, but Philip, who has learned to love him in the past months, stands between Moran and his father and receives the shot. He is taken to the Haggleton home on Fifth Avenue and nursed there by Margaret Lawrence. When his health is restored, Margaret announces her intention of leaving the house, for she thinks she can never bear to marry a son of the man who ruined her father. She is stubborn in her pride, but finally yields when Jenny comes to her and tells her that her own destroyer was none other than Margaret's brother. Margaret softens and henceforth Haggleton, Margaret and Philip devote their lives and huge fortune to the development of really useful charity.
- DirectorPaul PowellStarsRalph LewisJack BrammallRichard CummingsGrinde is a junior partner of a pottery firm. An old chemist, Benjamin Lord, discovers a formula for glazing pottery that is designed to revolutionize the industry. The chemist's grandson, David, takes a sample of the new process to Grinde, who says he will give it consideration. He delegates his foreman, Mole, to steal the formula. Mole kills the chemist, and he and Grinde frame an explosion to conceal the crime. After David refuses to sell the formula, Grinde and Mole lock him and his sweetheart in a vault with poisonous gas. Grinde then tries to kill Mole, who knows too much, and take over the firm from his elderly partner at a directors' meeting.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsCharlotte WalkerThomas MeighanMarjorie DawHelen Scott has been left the sole owner of the Scott Canneries by her father's death, but being too busy with social duties, she leaves the handling of the industry's business to her hard-fisted uncle and only calls upon him when she needs money. Harvey Brooks, manager of the canneries' Tampa branch, is a hard-working young man with new ideas of social welfare. He has hundreds of people in his employ working under most unfavorable conditions for starvation wages. He has pleaded with Helen Scott and her uncle to better the working conditions but has always been ignored. During the height of the social season, Helen goes to Palm Beach, Florida with a party of friends for the yacht races. While sailing her sloop one foggy night, it is run down and sunk by a large schooner, a fruit carrier for the Scott canneries. Helen is rescued from the sea by the captain of the schooner. The heiress is stunned by a blow on the head, received at the time her sloop was struck. When she recovers she is unable to remember her name or her identity. The schooner captain takes Helen to his home, and when she has recovered, his daughter, who works in the cannery, secures Helen a position beside her at the cutting table. Brooks, hearing of Helen's accident and loss of identity, takes an interest in her and she is attracted by his kind manner. Labor leaders are urging the cannery workers to strike and place the blame for the conditions upon young Brooks. One night Brooks is slugged and bound to a chair in his frame office building and the plant is set on fire by the excited workers. Helen rushes through the flames to his aid and as she unbinds him she is overcome by smoke and falls unconscious by his chair. Brooks carries her to safety through the burning buildings and returns her to the schooner captain's home. While they are both recovering from their burns a detective, employed by the uncle, locates Helen. The shock of the fire and the burns has slightly restored Helen's memory and the clever detective finally brings her to realize who she really is. Helen is in love with Brooks and he with her, believing that she is a poor factory girl. The heiress realizes that Brooks hates the real Helen Scott for her indifference to the workers. When he has recovered she meets him alone, tells him she is Helen Scott, and breaks down his wall of hatred and together they go to help their coworkers.
- DirectorDonald MacKenzieStarsClifton CrawfordMelville StewartFania MarinoffThe story deals with a divorced war-correspondent who divides his time between dodging alimony-hunting divorced wives and various creditors. As a means of relief from his financial troubles he makes love to a brewer's widow, proposes, and is accepted. War breaks out between Turkey and Greece and he seizes the opportunity to dodge his trouble and a fiancée who does not appeal to him to go out as a war correspondent to Greece. It happens that a young American millionaire at the same time is sailing for Africa to hunt big game. On the same steamer are two charming girls who are going to the front as Red Cross nurses. One of them turns out to be the war correspondent's last wife; the millionaire immediately falls in love with the other. Arriving in Greece, the war correspondent finds dodging his former wife too strenuous and resigns his position. The millionaire offers to take his name and act as correspondent for him. From then on there are all sorts of comical misunderstandings and situations. Scene after scene is a riot of laughter up to the very end where misunderstandings are cleared up, the millionaire is accepted by the Red Cross nurse, and the war correspondent reunited with his former wife.
- DirectorBarry O'NeilStarsBeatrice Burton MorganOctavia HandworthEleanor BarryThe world's finest ruby was stolen from the bride of Prince Kassim's great-grandfather several generations ago in India by a marauding rajah. It's now several decades later and the British have conquered India, and one day the ruby shows up for sale by a wealthy London jeweler, Sir John Garnett. Garnett has his own problems--there have been a rash of thefts of his wife's jewels, and he hires a private detective named James Brett to investigate. An agent for the Russian czar expresses interest in buying the ruby, but he's actually a member of a gang that specializes in jewel thefts and steals the ruby, hiding it in a box of chocolates belonging to Garnett's wife. Unbeknownst to Garnett, the jewel thieves and even Garnett's wife, she is actually involved in the theft of her jewels. Complications ensue.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsLili BeckEgil EideJohn EkmanEngineer Gordon has made a new invention for the military and a master thief get the mission to steal the blueprints.
- DirectorAlfred CohnStarsIngeborg Bruhn BertelsenOtto DetlefsenOlaf FønssAuthor Chas Barley lives a happy life with his wife Vera and son Teddy. When a circus comes to town, Chas ends up in the company of the famous rider Mademosielle Montajada. Blinded by her beauty, he becomes a victim of the ruthless seductress. But Vera notice this and take the fight.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRockliffe FellowesAnna Q. NilssonWilliam SheerA boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
- DirectorWilliam BowmanStarsFrancis X. BushmanMarguerite SnowLester CuneoFranklyn Starr, a talented and wealthy young musician, suffers a double misfortune in the sudden loss of his hearing and in the death of his Mother to whom he is deeply attached. He loses his generous, joyous nature and transforms into a gloomy and despondent misanthrope. Sensitive about his deafness, he retires to an isolated home in the country, his sole companion being his faithful servant, and lives the life of a hermit. Wandering in the woods, he is unable to hear the workmen's warning cries and is injured in an explosion, Marjorie Blair, a young society woman, riding nearby, comes to his rescue and aid. Upon his recovery, he and Marjorie have fallen in love and are married. Just when their future looks the brightest, Bobby Delorme, a relative of Starr's, takes advantage of a past innocent flirtation with Marjorie, and creates a situation in which Starr believes that Marjorie has been unfaithful to him. He again becomes embittered.
- DirectorFrank ReicherStarsBlanche SweetTheodore RobertsJames NeillWhen a young girl is placed under hypnotism, it's discovered that she has a split personality.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsNat C. GoodwinJack NelsonMaude GeorgeNewly wealthy Isidore Lechat lives in a castle in the south of France. He believes that business is the most important thing in life, but manages to stay attached to his children, although he believes that his wife's slovenly appearance detracts from his social position, so he doesn't let her go out in public. He begins an affair with Celeste, an acquaintance of his wastrel son Xavier. He believes that this may be the beginning of a new cycle of personal and business triumphs for him, but soon matters begin to take unexpected turns.