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- "The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" (1975) is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and its participants, as well as toward the movies themselves. Winner, Gold Medal, 1975 Chicago Film Festival.
- A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
- An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
- Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.
- After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
- A widowed singer marries her late husband's songwriting partner, which leads to trouble when her first husband turns up very much alive.
- Two girls on the lam hide out in a college fraternity.
- A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.
- A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
- The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
- A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.
- After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
- A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
- A widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.
- A group of French soldiers during WWII are captured by German troops and sent to a POW camp. There they have to make use of his best resources to stay alive - and sane, while at the same time scheming a way out.
- Boston Blackie and his pal, The Runt, are ready to board a train for Florida when Blackie gets a telegram from his friend Arthur Manleder asking Blackie to go to Manleder's New York apartment, get $60,000 from a wall safe and fly to Hollywood. Blackie has just removed the money when Police Inspector Farraday and his assistant, Sergeant Matthews arrive and accuse him of robbery. They let him escape so they can follow as they think he knows something about the stolen Monterey Diamond. Blackie arrives in Hollywood and learns that Manleder has fallen for Gloria Lane, in cahoots with a gang of crooks, and had been holding the missing diamond in trust for the owner. Gloria had asked Arthur to let her wear the diamond and it was stolen. Two gangsters had appeared at the apartment and offered to recover the diamond for $60,000, which had prompted the telegram to Blackie. The two crooks also steal the money from The Runt. Blackie's plan to catch the crooks and recover the money and the diamond goes awry when another crook, Slick Barton, steals both from his two crook pals. Farraday and Matthews now arrive and accuse Blackie of both thefts.
- Complications arise for newlywed Kay Kyser and his bride when he gets involved in espionage at the request of the Army.
- A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally kills a man with his car.
- The Jones family is into politics with father running for mayor. His son prints a newspaper which causes controversy by quoting his dad regarding his crooked opponent.
- Erudite manservant Jeeves hopes to keep his frivolous employer Bertie out of new harrowing adventures, but a damsel in distress, carrying half of some mysterious plans, intrudes on their London flat one rainy night. Bertie follows her to country hotel Mooring Manor, prepared to do slapstick battle with crooks posing as Scotland Yard men.
- By the time daughter and son-in-law have their second child, mother-in-law learns not to be so domineering.
- Golden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his wife's jewels and takes out an insurance policy on himself.
- Patricia Murray, a department-store model, is the sweetheart of wealthy Herbert Carter. His class-conscious mother insists that Herbert marry socialite Mildred Vane.
- From a 1925 hit stage play by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell about three unhappy middle-aged homemakers who teach their adulterous husbands a lesson by starting affairs with college-aged young men during the Jazz Age.
- A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.
- In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane causes a scandal by bearing the son of townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son Don to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
- Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, thinking she is the reason, meets a handsome leading man and joins up with him but, before long, he discovers 'she ain't a trouper' and she is soon performing with 4th-class acts in Tank Town America.
- Antoine de Tillois leaves his puritanical wife and in Paris becomes known as King Toto, leader of the bohemian set. Their daughter, Louise, spends 8 months of each year with her mother in Blois and 4 in Paris with her father, her sole concern being to see them reunited. Although Louise has fallen in love with Robert Le Rivarol, she vows not to marry until she accomplishes her aim; consequently, Toto pretends to reform and announces he is giving up his Paris life to return to his wife. Merinville, her accountant, and his nephew--both after Louise's money--discover that Toto has been corresponding with the Countess de Sano, his latest mistress; they try to blackmail Toto and scheme to get an annulment of Louise's marriage, but Toto thwarts their plot. When the countess absconds with her husband's secretary, Toto and his wife are happily reconciled.
- Ruth Pomeroy (Dorothy Phullips) secretly loves mechanic Jimmy Crdigan (Earle Metcalfe) but he loves Ruth's sister Connie (Lola Todd). When he goes off to war, Connie accepts his signet ring, but she is immediately unfaithful. When he returns blinded, Ruth assumes Connie's place, and when his sight is restored, Jimmy realizes it is Ruth he has loved all along.
- Chapter 5: "Thundering Hoofs." Summary: Nevada and Jane are in the path of a thundering herd of cattle, prodded on by the outlaw gang. Nevada is making a brave effort to save Jane, but his horse stumbles and leaves them at the peril of oncoming cattle.
- Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are newly wed, and she, being of a jealous nature, is looking for the slightest hint of infidelity in her husband. One morning, he leaves for the office early and sees a cat, which closely resembles one that lately ran away from his wife. He follows the cat and discovers that it belongs to Mrs. Bradin, a comely neighbor, with whom he briefly chats. Mrs. Randolph sees them together and suspects her husband of infidelity, soon making his life so miserable that he takes up residence at his club. Mrs. Randolph, convinced of the righteousness of her wrath, then invites both her husband and the Bradins to a party, hoping to catch Mr. Randolph making love to Mrs. Bradin. Randolph proves himself to be the model of fidelity and attentiveness, and Mr. Bradin tries to seduce his own wife, mistaking her for Mrs. Randolph in the half light. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are reunited, renewing their marriage on a better foundation of trust and understanding.
- In the Argentine, when Enid Garth's family discovers a valuable mine, Enid is kidnapped by Melmoth Craven, who whips her into insensibility to discover the mine's location. Years later, Enid has become the head of a great London banking house from which Craven borrows money to finance his campaign for a seat in Parliament. Enid revengefully calls back the loan without warning, and the desperate Craven kidnaps her daughter, Margaret. The girl is rescued by John Orme, and Enid sets a trap for Craven. The police arrest Craven, and Margaret and John are married.
- Pat Winthrop becomes engaged to Bob Shelby, a southerner who owns Kentucky Boy, a horse entered in the Nassau Handicap. To save her father from going to jail, Pat later breaks her engagement to Bob and accepts the proposal of Darrell Thornton, a smooth bounder insincere in racing as in love. Bob owes Thornton money, and, the night before the handicap, Thornton attaches Kentucky Boy. Bob steals the horse from his stall, and Bob's jockey rides him to victory. The purse saves Pat's father from jail and allows Bob to repay Thornton. Pat and Bob are married.
- Inventor Peter Marchmont has discovered a purple light that renders the user invisible. On his release from prison, Marchmont, disguised as Victor Cromport, uses the light to revenge himself against his former wife, Jewel, and her partner, James Dawson, who framed him for theft. Making himself invisible, Marchmont gradually ruins Dawson. He so wins Jewel's confidence and love that she is willing to kill Dawson at Marchmont's request. Finally, Marchmont leaves the scheming couple to their own misery and marries Jewel's sister, Ruth Marsh.
- Through circumstantial evidence, Yvonne Desmarest is branded by Judge Duroacher as the "other woman" in a sensational murder case. She retreats to her father's hunting lodge near Hudson Bay, Canada, where she meets Scarborough, an Indian girl, and Émile (an old trapper who becomes her protector). Realizing his error, Duroacher follows Yvonne, thus precipitating a series of events in which the judge is suspected of murdering Scarborough, and Émile injures Duroacher out of jealousy. Yvonne's name is cleared, as is that of Émile, who has been sought for many years on a murder charge. Yvonne and Duroacher realize their love for each other.
- A rare film from First National set a gala celebrity banquet and promoting the releases of several then upcoming films including The Pilgrim (1923), The Balloonatic (1923) and Day Dreams (1922).
- A screen star chooses to marry a salesman rather than an older admirer and sees her mistake when her husband becomes a shiftless alcoholic. Brand, the former suitor, tries to straighten out the husband and comfort the star. The accidental death by drowning of the husband gives Brand the chance to marry her.
- Lola, girl captain of a smuggling schooner and the ruler of wild men gives her love to a traitor, and takes it back by taking from him the woman who first won his love.
- Rebelling against a forced engagement to Schuyler, Victoria falls in love with young attorney David Courtney and marries him. At first they are happy, but when David is drawn into political corruption and accepts the attentions of other women, she tries to compete with them, then denounces him. When he runs for U.S. Senator, she is nominated as a dark-horse candidate against him and wins. He is indicted for bribery during the campaign and while in prison is redeemed through her visits. In each crisis Victoria dreams of the women of corresponding ages: the stone age, the age of chivalry, Amazons and their supremacy over men, the life of debauchery in the Roman era, and the dawn of Christianity in her dream of David as Constantine and herself as a Christian slave who converts the pagan world.
- Aurora Meredith, the village blacksmith's eldest daughter, is blessed with a natural singing voice. One day, wealthy New Yorker Mrs. Thorndyke visits Aurora's village and, upon hearing the girl sing in the church choir, is so impressed with her ability that she sends her abroad to study. At the end of her third year of studies, Aurora's benefactress dies, and she is forced to accept the aid of Juliantimo, an Italian admirer. After attaining great fame as a singer, Aurora returns to America to escape her Italian admirer's attentions and is awarded the starring role in a new opera. Juliantimo follows her, though, and on opening night he positions himself in a box above the stage, shoots Aurora, and kills himself. She recovers, but loses her voice, and with the loss of her talents, her friends desert her. Lonely, she returns home, where she is welcomed by her family and her childhood sweetheart Phineas Scudder. The traumatic death of Aurora's mother restores her singing voice, but she finally realizes that true love comes but once to every woman, and she chooses to stay in the village as Phineas' wife.
- The story of twin sisters, one raised in Russia, the other in America, and how their lives diverge and re-entangle.
- How the lust for power influences and drives lives and destiny.
- In the northwestern wilderness of Alaska, an innocent young girl falls into the clutches of a band of evil men of the gold fields.
- An American woman is terrorized by the ravages of war and a lecherous Prussian lieutenant when she becomes a Red Cross nurse overseas during the Great War.
- A small-town girl goes to New York hoping to become a star on Broadway, but the best she can do are roles as chorus girls. She falls in with a "fast" crowd, notably a "party girl" named Cherry Blow, and finds herself involved with wild parties, horny millionaires and her boyfriend from back home who has come to New York to marry her.
- Genevra Frinch, the pretty daughter of Major French, is brought up in a strict environment. Her nature revolts. She wants freedom. A book, entitled "How to Attract the Opposite Sex," falls in her hands, she reads it and absorbs some of its teachings. Lawrence Tabor, who is counted as one of the few friends of her father, visits them. Parrot-like, she practices some of the book's theories on him, and he becomes fascinated with her. After several secret meetings, Genevra asks Lawrence if he will take her as his wife. He consents, and they get married. Shortly afterward she tells her husband she married him to save herself from her prison of a home, and that she is going to be free and act as she pleases. She meets Jack Lanchome, an idler, whose only occupation is to fascinate women, and demands of her husband to be introduced to him. Lawrence refuses, stating that he will not insult her by introducing her to such a man. Her desire to meet him now becomes the stronger. She invites him to the house. After several meetings Lanchome arranges a little supper in a café of bad reputation. After dinner he locks the door and assaults her. Lawrence gets there just in time to save her from the villain's hands. Genevra begs her husband to take her home, promising that in the future she will disobey him no more. Next day Lanchome appears in Lawrence's office. The latter hands him a check, but he refuses to accept it, saying that that was the first good act he has ever done in his life, and that he will accept no pay for it. Further, that he has enlisted in the army to fight in France, intending to keep to the straight path. Genevra is ignorant of the frame-up, but well cured and happy with her husband. Motion Picture News, September 28, 1918
- Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville. Both men fall in love with Viola Argos, and both rush to her rescue when she is abducted by Red Pete and locked in a brothel run by Boston Kate. With the help of Mackey, Dick and Jack remove Viola to the print shop, but Red Pete's followers soon overpower them. With most of the town on fire, Dick urges Jack and Viola to escape. Viola, realizing her love for Dick, returns, and he dies in her arms.
- Through a chance meeting, stenographer Marjorie Helmer becomes acquainted with Melville Kingston, a millionaire whose cynical views of love and marriage have been influenced strongly by his brother Miles's unhappy marriage. When Melville offers to support Marjorie, she realizes that his intentions are not honorable and stoutly refuses. Later, however, she loses her job, and at her wits' end, agrees to accept Melville's gifts provided that he treats her with respect. Marjorie interprets reports of a "Mrs. Kingston," actually Melville's brother's wife, as evidence that Melville is a cad and sends for her old sweetheart, Robert Grant, in despair. When Robert visits the lavishly attired Marjorie in her expensive apartment, however, he assumes the worst and attacks her. In the end, Melville confesses that he loves Marjorie and wishes to marry her.
- After Ralph Carter steals $50,000 from the bank where he is employed, his wife Gloria phones bank official Jerome Harris, a wealthy man who has loved her for years, and is told that the charges against Ralph will be dropped if Gloria will offer herself as security against her husband's "loan." Accordingly, she moves into Jerome's house but rebuffs his advances, and soon he leaves her in peace. When Ralph, who has been seen in the company of chorus girls, angrily demands money from Gloria, Jerome appears and orders him from the house. Because of the covert dealings of Meyer, Jerome's secretary and a German spy, Jerome nears financial ruin, which moves Gloria to pity. Having learned of Meyer's duplicity, she confronts the spy, and as they struggle, Ralph enters and is killed. Meyer is arrested, and Gloria realizes her great love for Jerome.
- After Neila Pendleton's father dies, leaving his wife and daughter penniless, the avaricious Mrs. Pendleton decides to marry Neila to the highest bidder. At the cost of her daughter's reputation, Mrs. Pendleton accepts money from elderly broker Wilbur Simons, and later tries to force Neila into a marriage with a dissolute old millionaire named Hale Faxon. Even though she loves young Steele Minturn, Neila decides to consent to Hale's proposal for her mother's sake. One evening, however, Mrs. Pendleton discovers that Steele has won a large sum of money, and unable to resist the temptation, she steals it. Clad in her nightgown, Neila enters Steele's room hoping to replace the money, but he awakens and, misunderstanding her intentions, nearly attacks her. Finally convinced of her mother's selfishness, Neila accepts a job in another town, and later Steele encounters her again. While the two are trapped on a burning roof, Neila tells Steele the truth about her midnight visit, and he takes her in his arms as the firemen appear to rescue them.
- Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.
- While awaiting the train to Broadway, Nell Baxter meets the leading man of a repertory company to whom she confides her ambitions. Upon arriving in the city, Nell attracts the lascivious eye of stage manager David Montieth, who eventually gives her the starring role in a play with the expectation that he will be favored with her affections. Nell, however, has fallen in love with playwright Paul Neihoff. On the afternoon that the show is to open, Montieth learns of Nell's romance and cancels the show. Nell goes to Montieth's apartment to plead with him to open the show, and he consents after setting Nell's virtue as the price of her ambition. When he attempts to collect, Nell stabs him and rushes to Neihoff's apartment. The playwright tells her to go to the theater as if nothing has happened, writes a letter confessing that he killed the manager, and then takes an overdose of a drug and dies. Word comes to Nell after the second act that Neihoff has sacrificed himself, and in the last act, she substitutes a real dagger for the fake one and stabs herself to death. It has all been a story, however, concocted by the leading man to cure Nell of her infatuation with the footlights, and no one has died.
- Oliver Curwell disowned his son Roger because he declined to abandon art and go into business, Roger gradually drifted from bad to worse until he was a derelict on the streets of San Francisco. In his art-student days a girl of the name of Olga had shown interest in him, believing he would inherit his father's millions, but when he was cast off the girl abandoned her pretense of affection. One evening Roger wanders into "Sailor's Rest," a saloon and dance hall run by "Hell" Morgan. A work of art hanging behind the bar Roger denounced as a "daub." Morgan resented this remark and was beating Roger when Lola saved his life by her interference. Morgan's daughter continued to befriend Roger and finally prevailed upon her father to give Roger the job of playing the piano in the dance hall. Roger painted Lola's portrait and they fell in love with each other. Sleter, a tough politician, objected, for the reason that he coveted Morgan's daughter. Olga leads a party of friends to "Sailor's Rest" on a slumming tour. She sees Roger at the piano and sends for him, as she reads in the newspapers of the death of Oliver Curwell, who willed his millions to his son. Roger joins Olga's party, and the old days are recalled. He forgets his love for Lola, and makes advances which Olga reciprocates. Lola goes to the party of slummers, and takes physical toll of both Roger and Olga. As a result Roger leaves "Sailor's Rest" and Lola resigns herself to Sleter. But when he attempts to collect his reward, Lola rebels and resists his advances. The tumult in Lola's room attracts "Hell" Morgan. He dashes upstairs, and in an encounter with Sleter is shot and mortally wounded. Lola drives Sleter from her room and escapes, dragging her father down a fire escape. Hardly have they reached the ground when San Francisco's earthquake and fire break loose. "Sailor's Rest" tumbles in a burning heap. Helping her father, Lola reaches the Presidio, where refugees are assembling. Her father is near death and she seeks a doctor in the crowd. Roger has been drawn back to "Sailor's Rest" by his love for Lola, and when he finds the place in ruins he likewise wends his way to the Presidio. Fate brings them together as "Hell" Morgan dies.
- After divorcing his first wife and marrying a more gentle natured woman, Ralph Hadley finds himself again attracted to his ex-wife, a shrewd business woman. Trouble begins when he foolishly invites her to lunch, setting gossipy tongues-wagging. The news reaches his devoted wife who has discovered she is pregnant. She confronts the ex-wife who agrees to never see Ralph again and marries another admirer. Devasted, Ralph decides to kill himself ,luckily he is found in time by the doctor with the good news of the birth of his child. Ralph regains his senses and the couple are happily reunited.
- Jack Lane, a young nature photographer, goes to the mountains to experiment with his new flashlight process that will automatically photograph the passage of any bird or wild animal. While asleep one night, Jack is awakened by gunshots and soon after discovers that his camera has registered a picture of a woman fleeing carrying a shotgun. Curious, he visits the cabin of Porter Brixton, the murdered man, and is arrested for the crime. Managing to escape, Jack meets Delice Brixton, the woman whose likeness developed from the plate. They both suspect each other of the crime, but Jack is recaptured and brought to trial. At the hearing, when the dead man's half brother, Henry Norton, appears and admits killing Brixton in self-defense, Jack is acquitted.
- After divorcing her husband Kent, actress Anne Wetherall returns to the stage. Upon receiving a plea for help from childhood chum Nell Jerrold begging Anne to save Nell's daughter Betty from marrying Kent, the ex-Mrs. Wetherall decides to journey to the Jerrold's home in the town of Wheaton to investigate. Finding Betty defiantly determined to marry Kent, Anne decides that the only way to save the girl is to enslave her ex-husband with her charms and therefore win him back. The two women then enter into competition for Kent, Betty matching her freshness and beauty against Anne's mature accomplishments of grace and artfulness. Kent finally falls under Anne's spell, expressing repentance for previous shortcomings and proposing marriage. Anne accepts to save Betty, only to discover that she is still in love with her husband.
- Joe Lawson, a corrupt gold miner, kills his partner, his partner's wife and his own wife for the mine, and steals his partner's child, while abandoning his own child. He starts an outlaw town. 20 years later, his son returns as does his partner, who's not really dead, but is rather unhappy.
- Despite her literary ambitions, country girl Elinor Crawford has advanced no further than a reporter for a New York scandal sheet. During one of her assignments, she meets Evan Kilvert, a lawyer from her home town who is shocked at her Bohemian mode of existence. Elinor has nothing but scorn for him and turns her attentions to Bertie Vawtry, the editor of a racey weekly. He professes to love her, but when Vawtry suddenly marries a wealthy widow, Elinor, disheartened, disappears and it is assumed that she has gone away with Vawtry. Kilvert finds her poverty-stricken in the slums and they are wed. Soon after, married life palls upon her, and Elinor pays a visit to one of her old haunts where she meets Vawtry, whose wife has died. Elinor spurns him, but her husband suspects the worst and as a result she leaves him. Kilvert, learning that his wife has been faithful, finds her in the street depressed and dazed and brings her home. He then administers a beating to her would-be seducer.
- Dreading the drab and loveless factory life that she sees all around her, Madge Garvey refuses the marriage proposal of factory foreman John Blake, a rough but honest man, fearing that he will degenerate into the brutal drunk that her father Joe has become. Instead, Madge takes stenographer Cora Hayes' advice and seeks work in the big city. Arriving in the city, Madge accepts a job as a model for women's underwear but is shocked at the brevity of the garments as well as the duties expected of her beyond those of posing. Only Blake's timely arrival preserves her innocence, and after the foreman proves that he can be loving, Madge agrees to loving him.
- Mary and Fannie Graham are forced to live with their criminal father when their mother dies. Mary flees, but Fannie remains with her father and is reared as a thief, becoming known as "Flash" Fan.
- A pacifist mother tries to protect her son, whose patriotism makes him want to enlist in the army. Her uncle, a doctor, has invented a heart medication which mimics heart disease. Just a drop or ten in her son's drink should keep him home.
- A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child. A copy exists in the Archives du Film du CNC according to the American Silent Feature Film Survival Database.
- Priscilla Glenn is a product of the woods, a wild, impulsive, nature-loving child. Her father is her antithesis, seeing none of the beauties of nature, thinking women only creatures to be browbeaten. Between her mother and herself there existed a strong bond of love and understanding, understanding that they were companions in the same misery and unhappiness. Priscilla had to fight for an education. At last, through the efforts of Anton Farwell, the schoolmaster, Priscilla had the opportunity of beginning her education. For a rest there came to the spot Mrs. Travers and her crippled boy, Dick, and later a specialist, Dr. Leydward, who was to eventually straighten the crooked limbs of the boy. Priscilla and Dick met and a romance between the two was begun. Jerry Jo, a half-breed, coveted the girl, and lured her to a house on the hill where there was a library. Although the girl was as sweet and pure when she returned home the next day her father sent her from his roof. Priscilla went to her only friend, Anton Farwell, and together they started for a new country. For Farwell was hiding from the world. In the long ago he had loved Joan Moss, and for the love of her killed the brother of Dr. Leydward. Before Priscilla and Farwell had gone far he received word that he must choose the alternative of living buried in the woods or in prison. So Priscilla went on to find her way alone in the big city with the mission to look for Joan. Priscilla devoted her life to the care of the sick, and so once more she and Dick Travers met, and worked hand in hand for suffering humanity. It was thus that she knew Dr. Leydward and his daughter, Margaret, who was to wed Clyde Hunter. One day as Priscilla was strolling in the park she saw Jerry Jo, now a nondescript beggar. Towards him she bore no malice, but a strong desire to make life happier. On following Jerry Jo to the tenement room he called home, some of the inmates mistook her for an angel of mercy for a dying woman, who was none other than Joan. From her lips she learned that the crippled child belonged to the affianced of Margaret Leydward, and also secured Farwell's exoneration. She showed Leydward and Margaret the true type of the man the latter was about to marry. Then she wandered back to the "place beyond the wind" to find comfort and peace. She found that her mother had died and her father had been stricken blind and still refused to own her as his own flesh and blood, and a second time sent her from his home. And then, crushed and wounded, she again found solace in her old friend, Anton Farwell, who a short time previous had returned to his home. To Farwell she told of the finding of Joan, but left with him his ideal of her, of her trueness and worth of trust. Priscilla returned once more to her little sanctuary in the woods, where she had erected her own altar to her own God, and where, too, she first met Dick. And there he found her. For realizing his love for her, he had followed her to the "place beyond the wind" and for a second time, with his old violin he started a new spark in the life of tho one woman, the one whom he would cherish and love and protect as long as time went on.
- Dick Temple is serving a five-year prison sentence because he took the blame for a robbery his father committed. His father promises to go straight, but the old man dies two years later, before he can reveal Dick was Innocent.
- A southerner who is volunteering for the Union army is saved from assassination by a Negro girl who is in love with him. she dies in his place.
- Assistant district attorney Robert Powers learns that political boss John Moore has chosen another candidate for promotion over himself, Powers invites Moore to his Long Island estate for the weekend and urges his lovely wife Marian to entertain Moore to win his favor. After Powers arranges for Moore to be injured while trap shooting so that he has to spend weeks at their home, Marian nurses Moore and they fall in love with each other. When Marian realizes that her husband cares more about his career than their marriage, she plans to leave with Moore, but her daughter Betty intervenes and pleads with Moore not to take her mother. Realizing that Marian would have to sacrifice Betty if they went off together, Moore leaves alone. At the end, Marian orders her husband out of their house and lives independently with Betty.
- John Meadows, in jail for life, is released and told that the man who committed the crime for which he was convicted has confessed. He finally gets work in a shop where Hawkins, the proprietor, likes him. Hawkins is informed that John has spent a term in prison, but does not hold this against him, and shows that he intends to give the man a chance. John's fellow clerk, Ned, being in debt, steals a large sum from the safe of the store. When Hawkins misses the money, his first thought is of John, who is called into the private office and accused of the crime. He denies all knowledge of the theft. Hawkins sends for a detective. Seeing no loophole of escape, once he gets into the clutches of the law, John runs away through an open window. A few days later John stands on the docks in the slums of the city. He contemplates suicide, but finally decides to get money to live somehow. Sometime later he enters a house with every intention of robbing it. But when he hears a sweet-faced girl singing "Annie Laurie" at the piano, the old song conjures up sweet memories of the past, and he slowly replaces the things he had stolen and starts away. The girl turns, sees him and is frightened. He reassures her. He sits down and tells the girl his story, tells of the days when he was a farmer and in love with Elsie, who was also loved by the village bully. How he and the bully quarreled over Elsie, and how he threatened the bully if he ever bothered him again. Later, when the bully was found dead, stabbed through with John's pitchfork, John was arrested and convicted of the murder and railroaded to jail. But he did not kill the man; it was old man Grayson on the farm next to his who did the deed when he and the bully came to blows over some corn the bully was stealing from Grayson. Grayson was afraid to confess, and so he allowed an innocent man to suffer, but on his death bed he told all, and so John was released, but too late, for his farm has passed out of his hands, and Elsie died from loneliness and heartbreak. The girl at the piano is, indeed, sorry for John, and he straightens up and promises to do what is right hereafter. At this moment her father comes in from the club, and he is none other than Hawkins, who has been searching everywhere for John. He takes the young man's hand in his and asks him to come back to work in the morning.
- Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, a young married couple, have reached the first anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Osborne wonders if hubby will remember it. The scene shifts to Mr. Osborne's office. His mother calls him up and says, "Don't you know, son, that this is the day of the anniversary of your wedding?" Osborne is apparently surprised and picks up the calendar to verify his mother's statement. He then wonders if his wife recalls the memorable event. Presently we see Osborne at a jeweler's store, where he picks out a beautiful lavaliere, and paying the stipulated price, puts it in his pocket. On his arrival home, he comes to the conclusion that he will wait until his wife mentions the anniversary. Mrs. Osborne has the same idea and conceals the diamond studded cuff-links she has purchased for hubby, so that it now simmers down to a case of "watchful waiting." At dinner the situation gets embarrassing, as no mention is made of the anniversary by either of them. They both get out of sorts, and Osborne returns to the office in a very bad humor. Each is convinced that the other is growing indifferent. A persistent insurance agent calls on Osborne and is almost thrown out of the office. Osborne cools off after a while, and telephones to wifey that he wishes her to come downtown and take dinner with him, but she reminds him that they have accepted an invitation to attend a party that evening. He reluctantly consents to accompany her. On his arrival home, they both proceed to dress for the party. Osborne loses his collar-button, and finds a button missing on the vest of his dress suit. He accuses his wife of neglecting him shamefully. This leads to a domestic quarrel and finally Osborne declines to accompany his wife to the party, telling her that he is going to the club, while she drives off all by herself in a great huff. After both have proceeded on their respective ways for a while, their better nature asserts itself. Osborne accuses himself of being too hard on the poor thing, as he had forgotten the anniversary himself, while wifey, in thinking it over, comes to the conclusion that hubby must have forgotten the event in the rush of business. Both return home; he to put the lavaliere on her dresser and she to put her present on his chiffonier. In endeavoring to carry out this plan of campaign they bunk against each other in the hall. Osborne turns on the light, and they look at each other in blank amazement, each trying to hide their respective present. Then Osborne's face brightens up with an understanding of the situation. He shows wifey the lavaliere; she exhibits the cufflinks and flies into his arms, both exclaiming at the same time, "And you didn't forget." There is a tender reconciliation as the picture fades out.
- Francis Benedict is called away on a business trip to Chicago, leaving his young wife in New York. His friend, Norman Reynolds, offers to look after her and entertain her during his absence. After his departure we see the Benedict library about midnight. Dugan, a burglar, enters through a bay window and floors the butler with a blackjack. Dugan ties and gags the butler and then carries him into a closet. He is about to begin operations on the wall safe when he hears an auto horn and conceals himself again behind the window curtain. Mrs. Benedict and Reynold return to her home from the opera and Reynolds, intent on winning her love, extracts the cartridges from a revolver in a drawer in Mrs. Benedict's library table and puts them in his pocket. Then he puts the revolver back and shuts the drawer. Meanwhile, Dugan, having seen Norman extract the cartridges from the revolver, decides to queer his game. So he removes the revolver from the library drawer and substitutes his own loaded weapon, putting the unloaded pistol in his pocket. Mrs. Benedict returns to the parlor with Norman, who now begins to make love in earnest. Mrs. Benedict fights him off and runs to the desk and pulls out the loaded revolver. When she points the revolver at Norman, he, believing it to be unloaded, only laughs at her. To save her honor, she pulls the trigger. Norman drops to the floor mortally wounded. Dugan opens the window and disappears. The butler believes the burglar shot Reynolds and tells the police of the assault. Mrs. Benedict is thus saved from dishonor and the public disgrace of a murder trial.
- Richard Otto and his wife, Mabel, have a little child of three. The Ottos are giving a reception and the child is made much of by the guests. Tom Willis, a drifter, reads of the announcement of the reception given by the Ottos. He recognizes Mrs. Otto as a woman he had picked up in the underworld and made his companion, and who later left him. He determines to seek out the woman and win her back. The child, who has been put to bed, has been unable to sleep and rings the bell for his mother. She leaves her guests and coming to the room starts to put the little one to sleep. Otto is informed that a visitor is waiting to see him and leaves the guests. He meets Willis and recognizes in him a man who once had done him a favor. Otto questions him and the outcast tells him that he has been hiding in the underworld where he had found a mate, only to lose her. He tells Otto of their improper relations and of his willingness to go through fire and water to win her back again. Otto sympathizes with him and in turn tells him of his happy home life with his wife and child. He tells Willis that because of his underworld associates he thinks it best that he should never meet his wife. Willis tells him that he is up against it for money and relying on the favor he had once done Otto, he begs for a loan. As a gift to his wife Otto had purchased an expensive lavaliere which lies on a table nearby. Willies notes this and covets the trinket for the money it would bring him. Otto advances Willis a sum of money and the latter leaves the house. He is determined to return later and secure the jewels. Willis awaits the opportunity and when the room is deserted slips back to steal them. Otto has returned to the guests. Mabel, having put the child to sleep, remembers leaving the lavaliere in the living room and goes inside to get it. Willis has sneaked through the window and is on the point of taking the piece of jewelry when confronted by Mabel. The two recognize each other and have a dramatic scene in which their former relations are revealed. Otto wonders at his wife in absence, and hearing voices in the living room, steps in in time to hear his wife's confession of her former life. He determines to turn his wife out. Willis becomes desirous of possessing the woman again and tries to embrace her. She struggles with him and calls for help. The husband interferes and starts denouncing her. She pleads for his forgiveness and tells him that while her early life had been bad she has been true to him since their marriage and begs him for the sake of their child to take her back. Willis sneaks out and escapes. Mrs. Otto assures her husband that Willis has never entered into her life since the two parted. The little child has awakened and comes downstairs. He pleads with his mother to sing him to sleep. The husband recognizes the tie between them and forgives his wife for the sake of the child.
- Old Reb. Litwak always sits by the kitchen stove, playing doleful tones on an antiquated guitar. Even Leah, who does the housework, asks him to play livelier tunes, but he only smiles. The duty of Leah is to minister to the comforts of Litwak, the tailor, and his daughter, Sarah. Leah is jealous of Sarah's fortune and matrimonial prospects. A few nights later Leah sits on the front steps talking to the policeman, when the schatchen appears with a handsome young man. They inquire where the residence of Litwak is and Leah directs them. The policeman asks her who they are and Leah replies: "Oh, that is a husband being brought for my cousin Sarah." At this the policeman makes the promise that, some day, he will bring a nice young fellow up to see her. In the room upstairs a lively bargaining is going on. Litwak promises a dowry of $2,000 to the man that will marry his Sarah. The young Jew, with thoughts of the prettier girl on the porch in his mind, is slow to grasp his golden opportunity. The schatchen finally drives him into line when he reminds him that he cannot pay rent with good looks. The young man never takes Sarah out, as he prefers to remain in the house and gaze upon Leah. One afternoon he calls when Sarah is out and plunges into an animated conversation with Leah, declaring that if she had a dowry he would prefer to marry her instead of Sarah. He is much surprised to hear Leah say that the man she marries would get no dowry, that he would have to take her for herself alone. The night before the betrothal ceremony the family is seated discussing the coming matrimonial event, when a thunderous rap sounds upon the door. Before a word can be spoken, the policeman steps in an surveys them. He inquires for the little girl and with a cry, Leah springs toward him and then introduces the family. The policeman goes over to the tailor and announces that he wants to marry Leah, that is, if she'll have him. "But," stammers Litwak, "you are a stranger to me." "Sure I am," admitted the policeman. "But it's me that's goin' to marry her," and the policeman puts his arms about Leah and begins to coax her. But she tells him that she has no dowry. "T'ell with dowry. I don't want money. All I want is you." Old Reb then says that he will give all his money to the young couple, and so when the picture ends Leah has a fortune and a husband.
- Dan Halliday and his brother, Jack, return home after an absence of two years. Their mother dies, and Jack becomes a doctor, while Dan gets an appointment on the police force in New York. Dan sees a woman committing a bribery. The woman turns out to be "Slick Kitty," a noted crook, and Dan is promoted for his capture to a police lieutenancy. About this time Jack comes to New York and hangs out his shingle as a doctor, obtaining many patients through Dan's influence. He falls in love with Edna Madison, a charming young girl, whose mother has obtained a foothold in society. One day Dan happens to see his brother, Jack, leaving Edna and her mother, and learns of Jack's love for Edna. The mother's face looks strangely familiar to him and on close inspection he recognizes Mrs. Madison as "Slick Kitty." Shortly afterward Mrs. Madison gives a reception. Jim Henderson, a member of the light-fingered fraternity, is courting Edna, posing as a man-about-town. He 'phones Mrs. Madison that he intends to attend the reception. Mrs. Madison tries to dissuade him, but he persists, and in order not to have him expose her criminal record, she is compelled to yield to his wishes. Dan, meanwhile, has become a headquarters man. He attends the reception with the idea of saving Jack from an unfortunate alliance by exposing Mrs. Madison as "Slick Kitty." He recognizes Henderson and keeps his eye on him. Presently one of the guests misses a necklace. Henderson has stolen it, and unknown to Edna, he drops it in her vanity bag. Then he goes into the library to avoid trouble. Mrs. Madison sees what has happened and immediately changes her vanity bag for that of her daughter. Dan, seeing this exchange, accuses Mrs. Madison and locks her and Edna in the library. Jack is stationed at the window outside the library. When Dan addresses Mrs. Madison as "Slick Kitty," Henderson pulls out a pistol to shoot him. Jack jumps through the window and seizes Henderson before he has time to pull the trigger. The pistol goes off in the ensuing struggle and Henderson is killed. When Dan learns that Jack intends to marry Edna, he slips the necklace in the pocket of the dead crook. The necklace is subsequently restored to its owner, and for the sake of Jack and Edna, Dan doesn't betray the fact that Mrs. Madison has ever been known in criminal circles as "Slick Kitty."
- Ben Haskell is the newly elected sheriff in a small town up near the Canadian border. He is the only son of his widowed mother. Ben is in love with Beth, whose brother, Steve, has fallen into bad company. He is seen often with Lige Harlow, the head of a band of opium smugglers. Steve helps Lige bring the opium across the snow in the dog sleds, although Ben has warned him of the danger of any acquaintance with Lige. Ben takes his oath of office on his mother's Bible. Soon afterward, Steve, acting upon Ben's advice, tells Lige he is going to break with him for good and all. Besides, there is a pretty little girl, Beth's friend, Annie, for whom Steve is coming to care. But Lige persuades the boy to take one last trip down the river with him. That day some revenue officers, in search of opium smugglers, jump off the train. They track the dog sled through the snow, and finally come upon the men at the river bank. The revenue men attempt to make an arrest, but Lige grabs Steve s gun from his belt and shoots. In the melee, Lige and Steve makes their escape. The gun with Steve's initials is found and brought to the Sheriff. He, of course, knows that it belongs to the brother of the girl he loves. He starts off after Steve, who has rushed home. Steve tells all to Beth, who hides him in the attic. When Ben enters she tells him defiantly that Steve is not in the house, but Ben sees the fresh mud on the rungs of the attic ladder. Ben tells her that his oath of office means much to him and he cannot break the trust it placed in him. At this juncture Steve comes downstairs, and in a broken voice, tells all to Steve. Steve then realizes the truth, that Lige was the murdered and not the boy. He listens intently as the boy tells of the opium smuggling, and then sets off after Lige. He breaks into the opium den and during the fight which ensues is shot in the arm. He and Lige have a struggle. Clenched in each other's fierce embrace, they fight back and forth across the den, destroying everything in it. He manages to round up Lige and the others and lead them to justice. And Beth, cognizant of the wrong she was about to do to the man who truly loves her, finds his ring and slips it on her finger again and waits for his return.
- Blair, a young lawyer, has landed the nomination for the office of district attorney. Frederick Monsey, his political opponent and an unscrupulous politician, resolves to bring sinister influence to hear to discredit Blair. One day Blair saves Mary from the clutches of Jim Henderson, her lover, who is beating her up because she could not give him all the money he asked of her. Finding the girl in a pitiable condition, he sends her to his home with instructions for Mrs. Doolins, his housekeeper, to take care of her. The girl recovers and Blair is about to assist her in one way or another when Jim appears, claims her as his wife and confronts the two. Blair discovers that they have never been married, and deciding to save Mary, he ousts Jim from his home. Jim reveals the situation to Monsey and his associates, but in a light which makes it appear that Blair is lodging, for immoral purposes, somebody else's wife at his home. The newspapers give prominence to the affair and before there is any possibility to clear up matters Blair's reputation is ruined. Stella Dally, his sweetheart, returns him his ring. Mary is beginning to comprehend that she is bringing about the ruin of the man she loves. She decides to leave his house, but when she reveals to him her intention he commands her to stay. Due to the extreme bitterness of his soul there arises in him an uncontrollable craving to cast aside conventionalities and act in a way calculated to prove to the world how little he cared for its good will. As a result he marries Mary. She is his wife, but only in name. In his hatred of humanity he hates her, too. He allows her to do very much as she pleases, while he spends his time behind closed doors, writing a book which is an indictment of humanity. Mary turns out to be fully equal to the situation. Instead of claiming the full rights of her position and squandering the money of which she has lavish control, she dispenses charity in the slums. One day Blair has occasion to watch her at her Samaritan labor. He gradually is beginning to realize that out of the debris of his past there gleams before him a diamond of the purest quality. He never finishes his book. The time comes when his reputation is re-established and Dick Cropsey, his former political manager, offers him the nomination for the office for which he was once so ignominiously defeated. He refuses it, answering that he has been appointed to a more congenial office, the office of husband and parent, for his wife has recently presented him with a bouncing son and heir.
- Ken and Rosalie are about to be married. In discussing their plans the question arises as to where they shall live, and Ben pictures to Rosalie the adventures of a cozy little Harlem flat. Rosalie, however, is of the opinion that the hotel, such as the one in which they happen to be living, would prove more desirable than a flat, but Ben assures her that a hotel would be far too noisy for them. After a glorious honeymoon the happy couple are ushered into a Harlem flat by the rough janitor, who proceeds to instruct them in regard to the rules and regulations of the place. Everything goes along smoothly until they retire for the night. Then the twin beds loom up before them and to Ben they seem miles apart. About 1:30 A.M. a deafening noise shakes the building. Ben and Dorothy are awakened and cling to each other in dismay, but they have no cause for alarm, however, as it is only Professor Knutt teaching his pupils the latest society dances in the upper flat. The couple returns to slumberland. As the sun is rising about 5 A.M. they are awakened by the buzzing of the dumbwaiter. Ben gets out of bed and discovers that the janitor is calling for his garbage can. He complies with the request and returns to the bed. Presently he is again awakened by the gruff janitor who imparts the important information that his can has been returned. On his return to the bedroom Ben moves the twin beds a little closer together, hopeful that at last he will be able to sleep. There is another awful ringing of the bell, and Ben is informed that the milkman has delivered the milk. Later he is aroused by another vigorous ring, only to discover that the iceman has brought the ice. Cursing his luck and the Harlem flat, Ben carries his pillow into the kitchen and stretches himself out beneath the dumbwaiter. Suddenly the telephone bell rings, this time in the front of the flat. Ben picks up his pillow and ambles toward the phone, where Rosalie has taken down the receiver and is telling a certain intoxicated individual on the other end of the line that "Sadie" doesn't live in their flat. This is the limit, and Ben and Rosalie return in a dejected mood to the bedroom, where, with the two beds now in close proximity, they discuss the situation and decide that living in a Harlem flat is not "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." Rosalie pictures to Ben the joy of living in a hotel apartment in future with servants at their beck and call. Ben apparently agrees with her. Early next morning the janitor looms up with the lease and urges Ben to affix his signature. The loving couple are now dressed for travel. Ben takes one look at the lease and with a howl of derision, tears it into a thousand pieces, which he scatters about the room. While the gruff janitor is catching his breath and stands before them dumbfounded, Ben and Rosalie, with their bags packed, cross the threshold of the room and bid him a sarcastic farewell.
- Hester Hartley still feels the call of youth and enjoys society and dancing. Her husband is devoted to his business interests, and often refuses to escort Hester to evening functions. Stephen Carlton, Hartley's assistant at the bank, calls often at Hartley's home and becomes infatuated with Hester, and finally succeeds in getting her to elope with him by telling him that he husband has been receiving secret calls from a beautiful woman. She elopes, misses the train by two minutes, and as the next one does not leave for two hours, Stephen suggests to Hester that they stop at a hotel. Hester is nervous and wants to go home, but Stephen dissuades her. Just as Stephen is registering, a boy from Hartley's bank enters the hotel to deliver a letter and spies Stephen. After Stephen has gone, the boy notes that the bank clerk has signed the register as "Mr. Morton Glover and wife, Pittsburgh." Meanwhile, a bookkeeper hands Hartley a ledger, showing him certain figures. Hartley asks for Stephen. The bank boy is dispatched to find Stephen, and he tells Hartley he saw him go into the hotel and mentions the name that Stephen used on the register. Hartley goes to the hotel, asks for Stephen, and is conducted to the room where Stephen is. Stephen answers the knock at the door, and Hester sees who it is just in time to hide behind the curtains. She cringes with fear, believing that Hartley has been home and found the note she wrote him telling of her elopement. Stephen also thinks Hartley has come to prevent their elopement. Hartley tells Stephen he knows all and has come to save him. Hester shrinks in fear behind the curtains. Hartley goes on to tell Stephen that he knows of his embezzlement of bank funds; that he has come to save him before the directors find out and imprison him. When Hester hears this, she realizes her husband's nobility of character. Stephen asks Hartley how he found out about the embezzlement, and the banker tells him that Marcia, Stephen's former mistress, gave him away out of revenge. Marcia was the mysterious beautiful woman who had visited Hartley in his private office. Stephen recently quarreled with Marcia, and she told Hartley that Stephen was taking bank funds. Hartley doubted the truth of this accusation until Grimes, the bookkeeper, showed him the ledger. Hartley assures the bank clerk that he will pay back the missing funds and give him another chance. Stephen is overcome with his employer's magnanimity, while Hester, realizing her mistake, sobs softly behind the curtains. It is imperative that Hester rush home to get the note she left there before her husband reaches the house. How can she get out of the hotel room? Hartley hears her crying, and accuses Stephen of having secreted a woman in the room. Stephen pleads guilty, and begs that Hartley let the lady get out of the room without being seen. Hartley agrees to this, and Stephen switches off the light. Hester makes her way out of the room in the darkness, and rushes for home. There she destroys the note, powders her red eyes, and changes her gown. When Hartley returns home for dinner, he finds Hester waiting for him with open arms.
- Rodney Stone, a financier, calls upon Mrs. Helen Moore, a worldly-wise widow, intent upon proposing. He is refused, however, and just as he is leaving Mayne King, a rising young lawyer, arrives at the house. He is greeted affectionately, an incident which only goes to make Stone more persistent in his desire to get the widow. In due time Helen and Mayne are married. There is now a lapse of one year. Helen's extravagance has told heavily on the young husband, but such is his love that he makes little remonstrance. Stone, however, is carefully watching all, and surmises that it will eventually prove to his advantage. At last, knowing that Mayne needs money desperately, Stone sets a trap. He calls old Hopkins, an experienced clerk, into his office and gives him a box in which there are $20,000 in cash and securities. He tells Hopkins to take the money and bonds to Mayne's office for investment, under the pretext that he (Hopkins) is going abroad for two years and that he wants to secure investments in first mortgages. Stone takes the numbers of the securities. Mayne walks into the trap just as Stone figured he would. Driven desperate by the bills that confront him, Mayne uses the money and hypothecates the stocks. When Stone has been informed by the detectives that the stocks have been hypothecated, he waits a week until he is sure the money is all gone and then he has Hopkins write a letter, saying he has changed his plans about going abroad and therefore prefers to make his own investments and that he will call for the securities and cash in two days' time. Mayne's wife, who had had Stone as her constant companion in all her pleasures and extravagances, comes in and sees the letter drop from Mayne's fingers. She reads the letter and asks her husband for an explanation. He tells her it is but too true, and adds: "I am a thief, you know the reason why, and I hope you are satisfied." That night Helen prevents her husband from committing suicide. Later she decides to appeal to Stone, and goes to his office. She meets Hopkins, who has known her since childhood. Stone arrives and Helen tells him that she needs money. He agrees to help her, but there is a condition. He looks her straight in the eyes and says that if she will come to his house at 11 o'clock alone, that night, he will give her the money, and old Hopkins, listening at the door, hears this. Helen draws away from Stone instinctively, but finally consents to his condition. All day Hopkins hunts for Mayne to tell him of his wife's peril, but Mayne is out trying to raise money. Meanwhile, Helen waits in her room throughout the evening. By 10 o'clock Mayne has raised the money from various sources and comes into the library a few moments after Helen has slipped out to keep her appointment with Stone. In a few words Hopkins, who has been waiting for Mayne, tells him the whole story and gives him a receipt for the money which Stone had given to him, trusting to his endorsement of his contemptible scheme. The receipt from Hopkins clears the horizon so far as Mayne is concerned. Mayne takes the receipt and a revolver and starts for Stone's house. Mayne climbs a balcony of Stone's house, knowing he will never be admitted. He breaks into the room, but doesn't know that his wife is there. Stone switches off the light and pushes Helen through a door. As Mayne comes through the window Stone fires. Then follows a succession of flashes in the dark room until at last Mayne switches on the light and sees Stone holding a broken left arm, his pistol lying on the floor. Through all this Helen listens. Mayne now throws the receipt on the table with the money due Stone and demands his wife. Although he chokes Stone with furious vigor. Stone maintains that his wife has never been near him. A search by Mayne, who is master of the situation, seems to corroborate his statement, for Helen, on hearing that an adjustment of the money difficulty had been made, had slipped out of the house. When Mayne gets home he finds Helen and old Hopkins in the library confronting each other. After he has looked into his wife's eyes a long time he is evidently satisfied of her innocence and as he holds her close in his arms, after Hopkins has retired, he sees for the first time a heap of jewels which she has left for him on the table. He offers them to her, but she thrusts them away as though they were hateful, and when the significance of this act dawns, he folds her closer than ever in his arms.
- Prominent Americans Sail: Colonel House, President Wilson's personal envoy, and Brand Whitlock, Ambassador to Belgium, off for Europe, New York City. Sub-titles: Colonel House. Brand Whitlock. War Dance: Time honored custom is indulged in by natives, Philippine Islands. $800,000 Oil Tanker: The La Brea, new type of oil carrier, is launched at San Francisco, Cal. Dinner on the Hoof: Stock yards glutted with cattle, sheep and goats that will feed thousands, Chicago, III. Latest Winter Fashions: Universal stars in newest sport coats, by courtesy of S. Heim & Sons. Sub-titles: Mary Fuller, imported Angora sweater, with fur trimmed collar, bottom and sash. Edna Hunter, Romanese silk sport coat, collar and bottom of beaver fur. Dorothy Philipps, silk sport coat, with chinchilla squirrel fur collar. Thomas Mott Osborne: Grand jury indicts warden of Sing Sing prison, whose wonderful reform work has done much toward bettering prison conditions, Ossining, N. Y. Sub-title: Prisoners greeting Osborne on return from a recent vacation. Aerial Mail Service: United States Government inaugurates system bringing islands into closer touch, Manila, Philippine Islands. 82-Mile Hurricane: Severest gale in years sweeps New England, causing death and great destruction of property, Revere. Mass. To Battle for Championship: Fred Fulton, young giant, who is to combat for heavyweight championship of the world, Chicago, Ill. Subtitle: Fred Fulton (on left). Peace ship at Sea: Activities aboard Henry Ford's peace ship, taken in mid-ocean. Subtitles: On the high seas. Henry Ford at compass. Executive staff. Three prominent ministers (from left to right) Dean Samuel S. Marquis, Dr. Lloyd Jenkin Jones and Dr. Charles F. Aked. Governor L. B. Hanna, of North Dakota. Lloyd Bingham, noted actor, who died on trip. Mrs. Helen Robinson, Senator from Colorado. Prominent peace delegates (from left to right): Miss Julia Wales, Mme. Schimmer, Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain and Mme. Malmberg, Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, whose peace methods are reported to have split party. The student body. The press squad. Mrs. Mary Fels presents to Henry Ford flag made by descendant of Betsy Ross, maker of first American flag. Lieutenant Jenkins and sailors of the British cruiser which escorted Oscar II into Kirkwell, Orkney Islands. Jake Greenberg, messenger who stowed away on board ship, working out his passage. Limbering up. Dr. Aked proves his ability in a game of leapfrog with Dr. Lloyd Jenkin Jones. Cartoons by Hy Mayer.
- Dorothy Belmore, a southern beauty, is loved by two men, Stephen Carter and Preston Moore. Dorothy is urged by her father, who is in financial straits, to marry Stephen, who is heir to a large estate. Moore, though practically without money, is an experienced business man of middle age. He goes to New York, promising to return for Dorothy as soon as he has made enough money to marry her. After his departure, Dorothy yields to her father's wishes. Dorothy accepts the devotion of her husband as a matter of course, but secretly idealizes the memory of Moore. Stephen's father dies and it is then discovered that he has been speculating in the Cotton Exchange and has lost nearly everything except the family homestead. Stephen takes possession of the family estate, where for lack of funds, he and Dorothy live alone, with an old southern mammy. Five years elapse, and Stephen finds it a hard struggle to keep up the home. Dorothy is not particularly happy, but devotes herself like a good mother, to her five-year-old by, called "Sunshine." Moore, meanwhile, has prospered in New York, and upon his first visit to his southern home, he meets Stephen, who, unconscious of Moore's love affair with Dorothy, invites him to pay him a visit. Moore accompanies him home, cherishing a secret intention of revenge on the man who has married the girl he loves. In the evening, Moore is seated alongside of Dorothy, who is playing for him on the piano, while Stephen, who has his back turned to them, is talking to his boy. While glancing in the mirror, Stephen sees Moore squeezing Dorothy's hand. Thereupon he leaves the room, but looking back through the curtain, he sees Stephen kiss his wife, and overhears him tell her that Stephen is a coward to let her live in poverty. Moore urges Dorothy to elope with him. Dorothy consents to do so as soon as her husband is out of the way. Stephen, utterly overcome, stands before his father's portrait and says, "Help me, father, to acquit myself in this ordeal, according to our code." At breakfast the next morning, when the silver cover is removed from a breakfast platter, before the amazed gaze of Dorothy and Moore, two dueling pistols are disclosed, together with a check made out for $25,000 to which no signature has been attached. Stephen explained that one of the pistols is loaded and that he and Moore will draw for it, thus taking an equal chance, or that Moore, if he is too cowardly to fight, will sign the check, making it payable to him (Stephen). Moore, terrified at the thought of possible death, at the height of his success, proves himself a coward, as Stephen thought he would, and signs the check instead of taking a chance with the loaded pistol. Stephen then endorses the check and hands it over to Dorothy, telling her that in securing the money from Moore he has safeguarded her future happiness as a man of Moore's type would desert her and leave her penniless. Dorothy realizes now that Moore is nothing more nor less than a cad. Left alone with her he approaches Dorothy to claim her and offers to take her to New York. Dorothy repulses him, tears the check to bits, and Moore slinks out of her presence. Then she seeks her husband's forgiveness, but Stephen tells her that the code of his ancestors compels them to part. Dorothy rushes to her room and breaks down crying, as she embraces her child. Stephen, under the impression that Dorothy has left the house, tells the southern mammy to bring his boy to him. When the servant doesn't return with the boy, Stephen goes to the bedroom, where he is at first tempted to strike Dorothy for not having taken her immediate departure, but is overcome with emotion when Sunshine draws him to his mother, and a reconciliation is thus brought about.
- John Blakely is a handsome young widower, father of a girl of five, and working in Morgan's office. Mrs. Morgan falls in love with him, and when he refuses to call she vows vengeance. Mrs. Morgan manages to have John appear guilty of theft, and Morgan, because of John's child, tells him to clear out. Shortly after Mrs. Morgan dies and confesses what she has done. But Morgan can then find no trace of John. John has gone to live in the Canadian wilds with his daughter, Dorothy. Years later Morgan's son, Paul, goes out there with a prospecting party. The two young people of course fall in love, and all would have been plain sailing if John had not found out Paul's identity from a letter he receives. He decides to kill Paul. He finds Dorothy in the arms of a man and so shoots him. The man is Dick Thornton, John's best friend, to whom Dorothy has come for advice. Then Paul and his father arrive. The mistake is all explained away so that Paul and Dorothy marry.
- Ted Harrison, suffering from a nervous complaint, finds that the slightest scratching sound drives him wild. He is employed as the secretary to T.R. Williams, a broker. The sound of a construction gang steam whistle annoys him. After slamming down the window, he finds that the stenographer's steady clicking on her typewriter is driving him to distraction. He orders her to stop her pounding. Overcome by fatigue he falls asleep at his desk, and in a visualization of his dream we see Mr. Williams and his daughter, Ruth, enter the office. Now it happens that Ted is in love with Ruth and she with him. She consoles and soothes him and together they leave to go out to lunch. At lunch, Ted tries to control himself but is made very irritable by the constant beating of a man's fork on his plate as he keeps time to the music that the orchestra is playing. Ted jumps to his feet, and before Ruth can interfere, he has taken the fork from the hand of the man and thrown it on the floor. The stranger twists Ted's nose and takes Ruth away from him. The manager, noting the disturbance, orders them all out of the café. Once outside of the restaurant, the stranger coolly walks away with Ted's girl. It appears to be a case of love at first sight, for Ted presently sees Ruth and the stranger enter a church, where they proceed to get married. Ted returns in a despondent mood to the office and Mr. Williams, noting his extreme nervousness, suggests that it would be a good idea for him to take a vacation. Ted takes his advice and goes to a little country hotel where he is given a room on the second floor, after informing the manager of his complaint. At first all is quiet as the grave and Ted falls asleep. Then, all of a sudden at different times a number of nerve-racking noises are made which continue well through the night. Morning comes and Ted makes all haste to the office where he presently sees Ruth enter with the stranger to whom she was married. Ted has a furious encounter with the stranger again and succeeds in giving his nose a vigorous pull. We now see Mr. Williams and Ruth at the office standing alongside of Ted who is still sleeping at the desk. Ted awakens with a violent start and then laughs as he tells Mr. Williams and Ruth of his dream. In the final scene it is very apparent that if there is to be any wedding coming off in the near future, it will be between Ted and Ruth.
- Retired lawyer Frank Lane is entrusted with documents of great importance by a client, wealthy financier Mortimer Devereau. James Griswold, the head of the opposition to Devereau and a powerful, unscrupulous figure in "the street," hears of the documents; existence by listening to a crossed-wire telephone connection. The knowledge of their contents will assure him of victory in his fight. So he plans to secure possession of them, knowing full well that Lane is above bribery. Attorney Lane's wife Helen associates with a fast set, and by too-frequent visits to a fashionable gambling resort, she becomes deeply indebted to the proprietor, William Chantley, who desires to have her in his power. Meanwhile, she fears to tell her husband of the promissory notes she has given to Chantley. Pursuant to his plans, Griswold sends one of his henchmen, "Red" Connelly, to secure the documents in Lane's possession. Connelly fails to find them in Lane's office or his apartment after thoroughly searching both places--and binding and drugging the butler in Lane's apartment. When Lane arrives home, he discharges the butler, thinking that he has been drinking. Griswold is exceedingly angry at Connelly's failure to obtain the documents, when he happens to see an advertisement for a butler at the Lane residence, so he fixes up the requisite references and sends Connelly to secure the position. Later, Chantley calls on Helen and demands payment of the promissory notes. She is terror-stricken and Chantley takes advantage of this by making love to her and suggesting that there might be a way open to her by which payment would not be required. She orders him from the apartment. Chantley leaves her in a great rage, telling her he will return in short order for the $5,000 due him, expecting payment, unless she changes her mind and looks upon him with favor. Otherwise, he will have his revenge by telling her husband. Meanwhile, Connelly has been installed as the Lanes' butler, and he overhears the conversation. Chantley returns to his gambling house and telephones the result of his interview with Helen to Griswold. Griswold puts five $1,000-bills in an envelope and calls on Helen, telling her that she can make her husband rich if she can persuade him to give up certain papers he has in his possession. Griswold gives her the sealed envelope containing the money and leaves. Helen opens the envelope and five $1,000 bills fall on the table. Bearing in mind the threat Chantley has made to tell her husband about her gambling debt, she takes the money and goes out to redeem the promissory note. On her return home, she goes to the library where Lane is looking over the very documents that Griswold desires to obtain. He is very indignant when she makes a request that he allow her to send these documents to Griswold. Helen then breaks down and tells him the whole story of Chantley's threat and of Griswold's subsequent offer. Thereupon Lane telephones to the police station for a plain clothes man and also asks the sergeant at the desk to send a squad of police to raid Chantley's gambling house. Connoly overhears the telephone message and tries to make his escape, but is nabbed in time by the plainclothesman who has arrived meanwhile. Presently Griswold is announced. The plainclothesman takes Connelly in his charge and compels him to remain in hiding with him behind a curtain. Griswold is greatly surprised to encounter Lane instead of his wife. Lane further astonishes him by telling him that he knows all about his offer and, pretending to comply with it, says that his wife's honor is worth $100,000 and that the amount must be paid in cash to him personally. Griswold starts to write out the check in exchange for the documents when Lane signals the plainclothesman and has him arrested. Subsequently there is a scene in which the police make a raid on Chantley's gambling house; then cut to the Lanes at their home fully reconciled, with Helen deciding to forego the excitement of gambling and relinquish the society of her fast companions.
- Willard Wright is a rich broker who has a wife upon whom he lavishes much money and care. But one day she finds this life of idleness and luxury too slow and she runs away with a ne'er-do-well. This breaks Willard's heart. He pays no attention to business and travels the road to oblivion and disgrace. He finally becomes a tramp, begging for his food from the farm houses and inns that he passes along the route. One day he stops at the home of Jed Hawkins, a rich but miserly farmer. Mary, Hawkins' wife, feeds Wright. Her husband come home and tells Wright he must work for his food and orders him out to the wood pile. To please the woman and to make it easier for her, Willard agrees to do this. He hears Mary pleading with her husband to buy her a new dress at a sale they are having in town; he also hears Hawkins refuse, as he folds a heap of bills into his pocket. Seeing how miserable the woman is, Willard determines to get the dress for her. He follows Hawkins, holds him up, extracts twenty dollars from the roll, and going off to town, he buys the gown and gets back with it. Hawkins has been found by the constable and a posse starts out after the tramp. He is spotted, a bullet strikes his arm, but he keeps on until he reaches Hawkins' home. He deposits the dress on the steps and steals off. The posse, tracing the drops of blood, come up to the house. Hawkins sees the parcel, and as he picks it up angrily, the dress falls out. Mary comes from the house and sees her husband standing there with her much longed-for dress in his arms. She takes it from him and thanks him and calls him the best husband in the world. Dismissing the posse, Hawkins, who now understands why the tramp took the money, accepts Mary's thanks and says nothing. And Willard, watching this from the other side of the house, shakes his head and goes his way.
- This story is an allegorical fantasy dealing with the eternal conflict between the better and baser self of the average human being. Any Youth has made a moderate success in the city and writes to his sweetheart, Faith, begging her to come to him. Faith is happy in her parents' home, but she is willing to try the difficulties of a new home with the man she loves. Temptation, the ever-present good-fellow who is always on hand, visits Any Youth. He tells him of the good times in store for a young man and pleads with Any Youth to go out with him and make a night of it. There is a battle between the better and baser self of Any Youth. He is torn between the two, but finally the baser self prevails and the better self is driven into hiding. The baser self takes him in charge and they make the rounds of the gay White Way. Although this better self is driven out he is not discouraged, and patiently awaits the return of Any Youth. Temptation is at the elbow of Any Youth and leads him from one thing to another. His better self feels the call to duty and again enters the contest with his baser self. This time Any Youth heeds the counsel of his better self and returns to his apartment. The next day Faith arrives at the home of Any Youth. While Any Youth is waiting to welcome her, Temptation slips into the room and uses his arts. Any Youth's baser self, angry at his defeat of the night before, pleads with Any Youth not to marry the girl; he shows him that if he marries her, he will be tied for life. He tells him that women are like flowers, to gather and throw away. His better self enters the contest and the two have a bitter struggle. Fearing he is losing the fight, the better self tells the youth that he should remember Faith is a woman, as his own mother. The selves fight, but finally the better self crushes the baser self and Any Youth goes to meet Faith. The better self, smiling, accompanies the two to the minister's and afterwards proves a faithful guardian in the home of Any Youth and Faith.
- Rosalie, previous to her marriage to Jean Lenormand, had been wooed by a young trapper, Pierre Laroux. It was principally Pierre's weakness for drink that induced Rosalie to discard him in favor of Jean. But life in Jean Lenormand's cabin is an endless round of drudgery for Rosalie. Although they are poor they are happy in the love of their child, Cecile. Jean leaves for work, and while he is gone Pierre arrives as Rosalie is chopping wood. Pierre's love is reawakened, and he resolves to win her. Jean returns at supper time and discovers the bandanna handkerchief, which rouses his suspicions. He tries to shake off his jealousy as he enters the cabin and kisses his wife. Later, however, he is tortured by his suspicions, and seeks oblivion at the village saloon. Leaving the saloon slightly intoxicated, he encounters Pierre, whose insolent manner causes Jean to confront him with the accusing evidence of the handkerchief. They proceed to fight it out. In the mêlée Jean's leg is broken, and he is carried to his cabin, where Rosalie is watching at the bedside of her sick child. On Saturday night, Olympe Thury, a shameless woman, is comforting her child, when one of her lovers enters and tells her to come to the dance hall with her child. At the cabin, Jean in anger tells his wife to go to her lover, Pierre Laroux, and obtain the money that is due her as the wages of sin. When she leaves she says, "I'll not be accused without cause, I'm going to Pierre Laroux." At the dance hall she finds Pierre, and whispers, "I am yours tonight, if you will take me." An infant's wail arises from a back room. Olympe, hearing her baby crying, goes into the back room to nurse it. Rosalie hears the baby's cry and realizes that she is neglecting her sick child at home. She breaks away from Pierre and flies in agonized terror from the dance hall. He rushes after her. A shot rings out and as Rosalie stumbles with a bullet through her forearm, she has the presence of mind to drop behind a boulder. She succeeds in reaching the river bank, where she crouches under an overhanging rock. Pierre reaches the rock with unsteady feet and in another moment there is an ominous splash. Rosalie then returns to her cabin. Jean doesn't believe that Rosalie has taken him at his word until he hears the child crying for water. He crawls to the spring to get it and meanwhile Rosalie enters the cabin. Hearing Jean coming back, she hides behind the door. Her heart is touched by his kindness to the child and the picture fades as Rosalie and Jean embrace.
- The death of old Ezra Bryant proved a financial blessing to his two nephews, Hugh Bryant and Ward Simmons, but it did not materially assist poor Marjorie Welch, who continued to show the beautiful dresses that were afterwards sold to the daughters of Riverside Drive. Her one desire is, to be allowed to own some of the wonderful creations that she so patiently exhibits. This desire culminates when she receives a card to a grand ball. Without asking permission, she takes one of the dresses with the idea of returning it on the following day. She wants to try the cup of happiness, and to be one of the fine ladies, if only for a few hours. In filching the gown from the place she is seen by Ward Simmons, who thus gets an idea for making her conform to his desires or suffer the shame of exposure. In her room that evening she dresses herself in her borrowed finery, and is surprised by the arrival of Ward with a detective in tow. Ward threatens her with an immediate arrest unless she agrees to his unconventional proposal. Marjorie, of course, refuses, and Ward, seeing that she is adamant in her resolve, goes to the door to call the detective, but is dumbfounded on seeing, not the detective, but his cousin Hugh. Hugh has overheard him calling up the detective agency on the phone and has followed him to Marjorie's room. Ward denounces her to Hugh, who rises to the occasion and checkmates his scheme of exposure, by telling him in vigorous language that Marjorie has a perfect right to the dress, as it is only one of many presents that he hopes to give her after she becomes his wife.
- The baseball season is over, and Christy and his pal, Eddie, are wondering where they go for a vacation. Eddie facetiously remarks that he thinks Hoboken would be a desirable seaside resort. Christy playfully thrown the ball at Eddie. Our old friend Fate enters into the game. The ball which was thrown misses Eddie crashes through the window and lights on the head of a young lady, upsetting her dignity and also her temper. She calls a policeman and together they enter the house for the purpose of arresting the perpetrators of the dastardly act. However, the representative of the law finds the occupants of the apartment asleep. The dreams of the slumberers are rudely shattered, and they are promptly hauled before the young lady in question. She asks for an explanation and Christy, with all the dignity he can assume, hands the offending baseball to the policeman with the curt remark, "Arrest the ball." Upon which Eddie starts to smile.
- The picture opens with a series of diaphragm effects that retain the courtroom atmosphere. The judge is seen seated. Garwood, the prisoner, is laboring under a terrible strain as he looks up at the judge. A look of pity comes over his face as he looks at his mother. Then we see his sister. Her brother meets her gaze. Then the foreman of the jury finishes speaking. The prisoner registers that his doom is sealed. He sets his jaw and looks at his mother. Then the mother and his sister look toward him and he at them. The judge speaks: "Rene Haggard, you have been found guilty of murder in the first degree and it is the order of this court that on the morning of March 27 you shall be hanged and may God have mercy on your soul." The prisoner's jaw sets. The scene shows the heart-broken mother and the distraught sister. The mother turns to her son, and looking at him with tearful eyes, asks, "My boy, why did you do this?" The boy turns to her and looks into her eyes. As he does so the scene fades away to tell the story. The fade shows the sister leaving her little country home to make her way in the city. She is bidding good-bye to her mother and her farmer brother. Then is shown her hopeless fight in the city, her marriage to a good-for-nothing drunkard, his supposed death; then of her meeting with her present husband under different circumstances; of their marriage and then their baby, the crowning joy of her life; then home, a picture of blissful content. The boy leaves home to visit his sister. She tells him her story. Then her first husband, rescued from apparent death, discovers her and endeavors to blackmail her. He is still her legal husband. She gives him all she can, and driven to desperation, pleads with him to spare her but he refuses. In despair she goes to her brother. He tells her to meet the man at night in a certain place and that he will be there. She agrees and the appointment is made. The night of the murder arrives. The brother meets his sister, and the sister leaves. The brother, masked, waits. The man comes up. The brother shoots and kills him, just as an officer turns the corner. The boy is arrested. The sister pleads with him to keep her past a secret. He agrees to do so. Friday, the 27th. A hill looking toward the prison can be seen. Over the prison the black flag, the sign of an execution, rises slowly. The mother sees the flag as it fills out. Then is shown the tear-stained face of the resigned mother as she gives one final look at the flag and turning, starts off down the hill, to disappear up the road.
- The chief of the government detective service receives a letter which reads: "Despite your vigilance, diamonds of considerable value are still being smuggled into the country. Put your best man on the job and get results at once." As the chief finishes the letter, Phil Fenno, a young member of the detective force, enters. The chief hands him the letter. Fenno reads it and tells the chief that he will do his best on the case. As Fenno looks off through the offices he sees his sweetheart, Rose, in the next room, where she is employed as a telegrapher, receiving and sending out messages to incoming and outgoing vessels. Rose is preparing herself for a position in the government detective service and has made a careful study of codes and how to translate them. Her cleverness in this respect, combined with her womanly intuition, has made her valuable to government officials. She is soon given an opportunity to demonstrate her skill again. Young Hough, on board a ship coming into New York, poses as an artist and carries with him a case of artist's colors. Hough sends his father a wireless message, which passes through Rose's hands. She reads it aloud to Phil: "Arrive tomorrow. Got some wonderful new tones from Europe. Meet me with car." Phil thinks nothing of the wording of the telegram and leaves. Rose, however, is struck with the idea that there is more in the message than appears on the surface and, with a woman's curiosity, gets out her book of secret codes and puzzles over the letter combinations. In twenty minutes she has translated the message. Its contents are of such a suspicious nature that Phil determines to consult with the chief. He looks up Hough's address, and Rose, upon Hough's arrival, scrapes acquaintance with him and, to test his ability as an artist, agrees to pay him well for a picture, to be called "Sweet Innocence." Hough is much impressed by Rose's wonderful gown and diamonds and, thinking he can relieve her of the gems at some future time, encourages her to believe that he will paint her picture in his New York studios. Hough is arrested on suspicion, but when searched at headquarters the detectives find nothing on him. Rose, while Hough is detained, makes a careful search of his quarters, but finds nothing incriminating. That night, in his father's home, Hough takes out the tubes of oil paints which he has brought from Europe, cuts the ends off, and from each takes a quantity of diamonds. The following day Rose goes for a sitting. While she is in Hough's studio a laborer drives up with a crate containing eggs. Two men are watching him on the sidewalk. The laborer walks forward and deliberately bumps into them. They ask him to apologize and he refuses. While they fight Hough and his son run out and remove the crate of eggs to Hough's rooms. Rose watches the fight and before Hough's return hides herself in one of the rooms. Hough and his son believe she has gone and proceed to open the eggs, from each one of which they take diamonds. Rose, watching through a transom, slips from her chair and falls heavily. The Houghs make her prisoner. While they are binding and gagging her the chief of detectives, Fenno and his men arrive. The room is plunged into darkness and the smugglers escape. A spirited pursuit follows, and Rose employs a unique method of capturing them. Later Fenno and Rose are married. As a wedding present the chief sends them an egg with a diamond in it.
- Read this story and suggest a title for it. Send your answer to The Moving Picture Title Contest Editor, Universal Film Mfg. Company, 1600 Broadway, New York City. Fifty dollars will be paid by the Universal for the winning title. The picture will be released on March 5. Dick Carson, just released from three years in prison, wanders to a park bench. He takes a five dollar bill from his pocket given him at the prison, and the picture fades away. The following scenes tell the story of Dick, formerly Doctor Carson: Dr. Carson is a prosperous young surgeon with all the world before him, but his weakness for drink and gambling are slowly but surely undermining his health, his skill and his practice. His professional rival, Dr. Grant, is a clever surgeon, but not popular and has little practice. After an all-night session Dr. Carson gets a 'phone message from Mr. Wilson, a prominent citizen, whose wife is seriously ill. Dr. Carson pulls himself together, and after examining the patient, tells Wilson to telephone him if she should get worse as he may have to operate. On the way home he meets Dr. Grant and invites him to come home with him. Dr. Carson confesses that he is afraid to perform the operation because of his condition. Grant notes Carson's unsteady hand and wonders why this man should have so much practice and he none. Carson answers a call at his door, and finds two of his cronies, who want him to play that night. He tells them Grant is in. They refuse to leave, and he hides them in his operating room. During Carson's absence Dr. Grant uses his phone. He thinks of the message that may come from Mr. Wilson, and disconnects the wires. That night, as Carson and his crowd are drinking and playing cards Grant is waiting, Mrs. Wilson grows worse and her husband tries to telephone Carson. In a fight in Carson's rooms his wrist is injured. Wilson arrives to get Carson, sees the fight in progress and Carson's condition. He finds the wires disconnected, and tells Carson if his wife dies he, Carson, will be held responsible. He meets Grant, who accompanies him home to find Mrs. Wilson dead. Carson, still intoxicated, arrives at the Wilson home, and is thrown downstairs. Five years pass and Carson is down and out. Grant is successful and the father of a baby girl. Nell, a thief, is Carson's only friend. She is being forced to rob a house, and appeals to Carson for protection, but she is taken away. He sees her enter the house by a window and follows, hoping to save her. A policeman sees him and gives the alarm. Carson takes the stolen jewels from Nell to return them to the safe, but the arrival of the police prevent him. In the attempted getaway a shot is fired, a scream is heard, and all look toward a door. Carson opens the door, to find a baby girl lying shot. Carson tells the policeman only an operation will save her. Nell volunteers to help, and we have the unique situation of a tramp doctor and a girl thief performing an operation to save a life. The house and the baby are Dr. Grant's. He enters, sees his old rival operating on his child. He dare not interfere, as he might cause the child's death. He informs the police that Carson is a rogue and criminal. Carson finishes his work, sees Grant and tells him the child will live. Carson is led away to prison.
- The story opens in Ben's office, where Dorothy calls at the close of the day to accompany him for a stroll. Ben excuses himself for a moment, and during his absence we see Dorothy go through the drawers of his desk, discovering there a photograph of a beautiful woman. Meanwhile Ben finds, among various feminine trifles in Dorothy's handbag a man's card, which reads: JOSEPH D. CARSON, Greely 1081. This he pockets and returns to Dorothy, who, on hearing him return, has tucked the photograph in her bodice. The two, looking much worried, start for a stroll. That night, Dorothy, waiting for Ben sits down to write a letter to a girl friend, Josephine Gates, and begins: "My Dear Joe: It has been a long time since we have been together" Ben arrives and Dorothy pushes the letter aside to welcome him. While she goes out to get some fruit Ben looks about, and his eyes fall upon part of the letter that Dorothy has written. Taking from the pocket of his coat the card he has stolen from Dorothy's purse, Ben jumps to the conclusion that Dorothy was writing to Joseph D. Carson. A strained silence, a heated quarrel arises. Both decide to separate, and not go to a mask ball together. Friday comes, and no word from Ben to Dorothy or no word from Dorothy to Ben. Here Dorothy's feminine curiosity gets the better of her, and stealing to Ben's apartment, she breaks down all reserve, and telling the valet of her quarrel with Ben, begs him to tell her what costume Ben intends wearing that night. For answer, the valet shows Dorothy the costume, that of a monk with hood and cowl. Meanwhile Ben, too, has grown curious, and goes to Dorothy's home, where he bribes Dorothy's mother to show him Dorothy's costume, which is that of Carmen. Ben retires delighted and resolves he'll watch her. When Ben returns to his apartment the valet tells him of Dorothy's visit, and he determines to fool Dorothy by exchanging costumes with a friend. As a result of this exchange of costumes many amusing complications ensue at the ball.
- An American missionary to China goes back home, then returns to China to marry his Chinese sweetheart.
- Billy Garrick is accidentally shot by Herbert Gale while they are on a hunting trip. While he is delirious Herbert steals a locket from him containing the picture of his promised wife, Violet Masterson. Herbert was also Violet's suitor, but Billy won her heart and hand. Billy grows worse and Herbert sees in his death a chance to marry Violet. He pays an Indian to make sure of his rival's death and goes back to the city and tells Violet and her family that Billy was shot and killed by an Indian for trifling with an Indian girl's affections. At first Violet does not believe the story, but finally Herbert shows her the locket and convinces her. An Indian girl hears of the plot to kill Billy and determines to save him. The Indian thinks the fever will kill his charge and spends most of his time drinking. This gives the Indian girl a chance to nurse Billy back to health. Herbert forces his attentions upon Violet and she finally consents to marry him. As Billy gets stronger the Indian becomes more watchful and Billy cannot find an opportunity to escape. The day of the wedding approaches and Violet repents of her promise to marry Herbert, but thinks of Billy's supposed unfaithfulness and becomes reconciled. At last Billy manages to slip down the river in a canoe, and escape. Violet is about to marry Herbert. The minister starts the ceremony when Billy enters the room. Violet, thinking he is dead, faints. Billy denounces Herbert, who is driven out of the house. Violet recovers and the minister unites the lovers in marriage.
- Louis d'Angelo, a wandering minstrel, plays before the windows of an Italian's villa. From her casement above him, Delicia drops the rose worn in her hair. An attachment follows. Soon after we find Louis playing for a select gathering at the Romana salon where he makes his first appearance as Signor Romana's protégé. Love has already interceded in his behalf. A constant admirer of Delicia and aspirant for her hand, Colonel Navarro, takes exception to the attentions of Louis and upon a certain occasion tells Delicia how he feels. She promptly silences him and he insults her. Louis, rushing to her defense, meets with opposition. A duel follows in which Louis comes out the victor, but thinking he has killed his antagonist, he flees the country. Landing in New York, Louis experiences the troubles of a foreigner unable to speak the language. A thief gets his roll. Eventually fortune puts him in the way of assisting in the arrest of the very man who robbed him. By this opportunity a job is found. He writes Delicia of his good luck and straightway buckles in to win his fortune. Fate again intervenes in the person of Navarro, who, finding Louis out of reach, pushes his suit. He purloins Louis' mail from America, thereby causing Delicia to half believe herself forgotten. Meanwhile, Louis pines for some word from her and in the meanwhile rises to a position of trust with his employer. At this time a letter from a N.Y. lawyer reaches Louis' employer asking if one Louis d'Angelo works for him and advising him that there has been a fortune left to Louis by a Bowery recluse whom our hero had at one time befriended. Louis' employer and his daughter scheme to ensnare Louis into marrying. He withholds the news of the legacy meanwhile. Delicia, unable to stand the suspense longer, sails secretly for America. Her parents and Navarro follow on the next boat. They find her in her hotel. Later they dine ensemble in an Italian resort. To this same restaurant comes Louis with his employer and his daughter. Recognitions follow and thereafter not even the fires of Vesuvius could part Delicia and Louis.
- Harrison Forbes, lawyer, is sent by his doctor to the north for his health. He cares little for life, his sweetheart being dead. Meanwhile, at Dismal Bar. a lonely and isolated trappers' villa, where the sole enjoyment is Grouse's Joint, a combination saloon, faro gallery and dance hall, a strange drama has been unfolding. Marcia, the fiery adventuress, has tor the nineteenth time refused the marriage proposal of Hercules Bennet, card sharper and gunman. "Garrick" is the strongest and most fiendishly cruel gold grubber that ever crossed the Yukon. Marcia is his favorite. Hercules stands looking malevolently at Marcia and her stalwart lover. As the girl sees Hercules her lips curl with just a bit of scorn and she turns Garrick to meet the glance of the other man and says, "That man has threatened me if I don't marry him." Garrick makes one start for Hercules, but the latter draws a pistol and holds him back. Harrison Forbes arrives at Dismal Bar. Marcia, coming down for some cigarettes for Garrick, meets him face to face. Forbes extends his hands with the glad cry, "Nell." Marcia is about to do likewise, when she suddenly remembers, and passes him. Forbes meets Hercules Bennet, who learns that Forbes has come north for his health. Forbes inquires and is informed that the girl is Marcia, keeper of the faro gallery, and Sennet's own sweetheart. Forbes learns that Bennet hates Garrick. Garrick leaves for the gold fields. Forbes strolls casually into the faro gallery, much to Marcia's dismay, and tells her that she might as well recognize him; that he knows her and begs her to think back over the times they once had during his school days at college. Marcia breaks down, thinking of her wasted life. Forbes, taking her in his arms, comforts her. Marcia places her arms about his neck and kisses him. Hercules Bennet plans a double revenge upon Marcia and Garrick. Bennet starting his plan into action, tells Forbes that he heard that the latter had made quite a conquest of Marcia's heart and learns from Forbes that they had known each other many years before. A week passes. Forbes hangs about the faro gallery. Garrick returns, and of course, learns of Marcia's new lover. He plans to kill Forbes, but a better plan enters his mind. He pays marked attention to another of the women. Marcia turns her attentions to Hercules Bennet. Forbes becomes intoxicated. Marcia and he dance. Garrick looks on in mad anger, strides upon the floor and jerks Marcia away from Forbes. The latter closes in upon Garrick. Garrick tosses Forbes aside like a rag. Marcia slaps Garrick in the face and goes to Forbes' assistance. She and Bennet assist him up to the faro gallery. Garrick steals up the stairs where, peering into the dim lit room, sees Forbes and Marica in each other's arms. Garrick returns to the gold fields and lapses into a fever, where he is nursed by his faithful Indian guide, Semole. Hercules Bennet's revenge is only half complete. Marcia's heart is nearly broken, for she cares for Big Garrick. She sends for Forbes and urges him to go back with her to civilization. Forbes has been made suspicious by Bennet's poisoned tongue. Garrick recovers, and with a set and determined purpose, tells Semole that the woman he loves will either leave Dismal Bar with him forever or she will die with him in one gloriously wild night. The two set out for Dismal Bar. Forbes visits Grouse's Joint with the purpose of meeting Marcia and telling her just what he thinks. Garrick enters with Semole. All the men about the bar are amazed. Hercules Bennet fidgets nervously in his chair. When the crowd answers his question, "Where is she?" by pointing above. Garrick strides from the bar to the dance floor. Forbes follows Marcia to the upper floor, where he watches the gaming. A violent quarrel arises between the two and Garrick slowly climbs the stairs and stops to listen. Forbes, partially intoxicated, accuses Marcia of being the plaything of the men of Dismal Bar. Garrick goes to the bar, drains a whiskey and then suddenly draws a gun and covers Bennet. Garrick calmly orders Semole to remove Bennet's shooting irons. Garrick unstraps his pistol belt and lays it on the bar. Garrick intends choking his poisonous tongue from his head. At bay, Bennet is forced to fight, and what follows is a fight to the finish. Forbes finishes his fiery accusations and Marcia turns her back just as Garrick, below, has picked Hercules Bennet from the floor and hurled him over the bar, smashing bottles and glasses. Marcia hurries down the stairs to see her lover, blood streaming from a cut over the eye, standing and awaiting the oncoming rush of Bennet. who holds in his hands a bottle. Semole, seeing his pal in danger, darts in and would knife Bennet. but Garrick screams, "Hold, this blackguard has defiled the purest and squarest woman in the world. He shall answer to me." Marcia screams and Garrick turns to receive the blow from the bottle across his shoulder. The blow staggers him, but he regains his balance and clinches with Bennet. Garrick turns to see what he thinks, apparently, is Marcia holding Forbes in her arms. He hurls the other over his shoulder to the floor, where he lies quite still. Then, calling Semole to his side, orders a drink and pours the whiskey down the throat of his fallen opponent. Then the two go out. Marcia has an idea. Donning her heaviest garments she goes out also. At early morning, Semole, driving the dog sledge, awakens Garrick to tell him that they are being followed by another sledge. Garrick, waiting with guns drawn, finds it to be Marcia, semi-conscious and delirious. Garrick forgets aught else but his great love for her, and taking her tenderly in his arms, starts off over the frozen snow. Forbes returns to his native city, but first he sends a note to the shack in the gold fields where Garrick and Marcia are staying, telling the girl that he is extremely sorry for what he said to her.