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- Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- The young and naive Pierrot is led astray by the evil wine merchant Pochinet. He hopes to distract Pierrot with drinking and gambling while he tries to seduce Louisette.
- Leslie Swayne, an adventurer, in order to obtain enough money to satisfy the needs of his extravagant life, has been bribed to steal the plans of the fortification from the staff officers of the Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. This undertaking, which at one time would have seemed difficult to him, becomes very easy, due to the friendship between himself and Colonel Julius Holbein, chief of the staff, and father of Elsa, for whom Swayne has shown a great deal of friendship, and in return he has Elsa's sincere love. After a dinner held at the Colonel's, during which the villain Swayne whispered sweet words of love into Elsa's ear, he succeeds in stealing the desired documents, and, protected by the darkness of the night, he escapes. Overcome by the sad reality, the Colonel is in a desperate state of mind. Elsa tries to efface from her mind her terrible suspicions, but in going to the hotel she learns of the sudden departure of Swayne, and her suspicions are confirmed. Colonel Holbein, to whom the precious document had been entrusted, is suspected as a traitor. This man shot himself for being so wrongfully accused. Elsa is asked by the Grand Duchy of Wallenstein to leave the Duchy, and is taken to one of the stations of the domain, where she is abandoned. Possessed of the qualities of a pianist and singer, under the false name of Marjorie Manners, she becomes famous. At her first performance she receives flowers from a large number of admirers, and long applause, but the memory of her father comes to her suddenly and that recollection takes away the joy of her triumph. One evening, while she is eating on the terrace of a hotel surrounded by ardent admirers, Marjorie is surprised at the sight of a young man, sad and pale like herself, who is observing her with a languid look. The pale young man is the Prince Arthur of Wallenstein, the son of the Grand Duke, who has come to the Riviera to recuperate from a long illness, under the name of Count L'Estrange. Surprised by the divine beauty and charm of Marjorie, he is a constant visitor at the theater. One morning they chance to meet and immediately they understand each other and a sense of sympathy seems to envelop their souls. They gaze into each other's eyes and seal their unspoken troth by a lingering kiss. From that day on their love becomes more intense and soon they are married. On board a ship the living apparition of the villain, Swayne, appears before them. Marjorie faints. Arthur calls for help and in the meanwhile Swayne approaches Marjorie, begging for her pardon and love. She repulses him violently, and just at that, instant Arthur returns. Swayne, to avenge himself, advises the Prince's country that the Prince amuses himself with sweet woman while the Duchy is in danger, and the Duke of Wallenstein recalls his son home. While Marjorie and Arthur are together at the hotel the message arrives, and his wife finds out who is her husband. She realizes then that she could not hide her true name any longer, and Colonel Theubner, an old friend of her poor father, tells the Prince the truth. She gets up and departs like a crazy person, and a few days later she returns to the theater which she had left. Arthur, through the Colonel, learns Elsa's history and the reason why she is compelled to go upon the stage, but in spite of this information he continues to look for her. He finds her, pale and trembling. His eyes fixed upon her from his box in the theater. Suddenly Elsa observes his look. She becomes pale, trembles, and tries to control herself, but drops to the floor. The curtain falls; the Prince hurries to her and while he feels her getting cold in his arms, he hears these feeble words, "But my love shall never die." Poor Elsa, after so many troubles and anxieties, had taken poison, as she wished to die for him upon the stage that brought her so much applause.
- The Princess of Monte Cabello is divorced and is granted custody of her beloved daughter. Her ex-husband's mistress hires private detectives who take seemingly incriminating photographs of the Princess with the actor Jacques Wilson. The Princess is devastated when these cause her daughter to be taken from her, and the Princess then falls into the clutches of Wilson. In order to pay his gambling debts, Wilson forces her to humiliate herself by appearing in a play. The Princess sends a note to the Prince of Monte Cabello saying that after the first performance she will not compromise his name again.
- The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- Jose, a cattle herder on a Spanish "rancho," is deeply in love with pretty Rosita, the village coquette, and when he finds her engaging in a flirtation with the son of his employer, he loses his head and starts a quarrel with the young man, which leads to his dismissal. Soon afterward the ranchman sends young Santos to a nearby town with a large sum of money to deposit in the bank. He is set upon by a band of murderous mountaineers, robbed and left dead by the roadside. Because of his recent quarrel with the youth, Jose is suspected and placed under arrest. One of the robbers, however, angry because he feels he has not been given his fair share of the spoils, informs the police and after an exciting battle in the foothills, the bandits are captured and Jose exonerated. He is then befriended by a rich manufacturer who gives him money to leave for a distant city, there to start life anew. A year later we find Jose the idol of the populace of Seville and the most skillful toreador in Spain. His benefactor has married in the meantime and one day when he and his bride are attending the bullfight, he is astonished to recognize in the famous toreador his old protege, Jose. The friendship is renewed and Jose becomes a frequent visitor at the manufacturer's mansion. Between Jose and the young wife an intimate friendship springs up which grows stronger and stronger until gradually the jealousy of the husband is aroused. Jose, seeing that he really is falling in love and realizing that he is on the verge of destroying the happiness of his friend, writes him a note to the effect that be is going away. That afternoon the great crowd at the bullfight is horrified to see the great toreador trampled and gored by the hoofs and horns of the infuriated bull.
- The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening of his triumph at the Salon des Expositions, he decides to marry her. But, having become rich and famous, he soon falls in love with the Princess of Chaban and abandons the woman to whom he owes his success.
- That mother and daughter should become rivals for the hand of a man is not so unusual when taking into account similar circumstances of this character in the past. However in this case the man most desired by these two women proved to be an adventurer and a villain of the worst type. He, pretending to love the daughter, engendered in the mother's heart a feeling of affection for him through which he hoped to gain intimate relations with her uncle, the secretary of state, with a view to procuring secret documents for a rival country. Strange to say the adventurer was introduced by a cousin of the younger girl and carried on his love affair for a time successfully. Fate ordained that the adventurer should accompany the mother and a party on a trip to the Alps and here mid snow-capped mountain peaks he worms his. way into her affections. Upon their return he succeeds in gaining an audience with the secretary of state and obtains his confidence. He is later brought face to face with the young girl whom he has deceived, and through the efforts of a life-long friend of the family his villainy is exposed. Realizing that his cleverly contrived plans failed, the cowardly villain seeks refuge in flight. Having access to the vaults where state documents are kept he secures a number of these and finally reaches the railroad station where, unfortunately for him, the hero of the story discovers him buying a ticket. Both men board the same train and a struggle ensues while going at great speed. The villain makes a wild leap from the fast-moving train and succeeds in reaching the hangar of the aerial club, where he bribes an official to loan him an aeroplane in which he endeavors to reach Germany. Our hero is hot on his trail, however, and by a clever ruse also succeeds in securing an aeroplane, and a mad race in midair follows. The hero overtakes the villain and reaching a height far above him finally swoops down on the criminal and he is precipitated to earth, where he is later found, mangled and bleeding, among the wreckage.
- Overly suspicious of his wife, Robinet follows her into an apartment building, where he proceeds, floor by floor, bursting into rooms, looking for her. In these rooms he finds a dentist hell bent to pull teeth, a boxing match he gets mixed into, an aggressive bunch of masseurs and lastly, a sculptor.
- Drama about a young man blinded by love.
- A story which hinges upon the effect produced by the sudden accession to affluence of a comparatively poor man. A young engineer in a country town receives the good news of his appointment to an important position in a large city. His first impulse is to promise his young wife all sorts of luxuries in his new-found promotion. He becomes a rich and prosperous inventor and attracting the attentions of a young woman of fashion, neglects his young wife. This girl, however, is of a forgiving disposition and a reconciliation ensues. But the husband is disloyal and reverts to his fashionable enchantress. An explosion at his works blinds him. The wife in disguise engages herself as his nurse and the fashionable woman deserts him, not, however, before descending to the meanness of attempting to rob her blind victim of the remains of the money she had helped him dissipate. A fortunate restoration of his sight reunites him to his always forgiving wife.
- The story tells of the adventures of an Italian nobleman in the time of the Venetian republic. He was denounced as a traitor to the Council of Ten and had to flee for his life. He took the family treasure with him, burying it in an old well in the courtyard of a neighboring village. The prologue, which tells of this adventure, is provided with titles in the old Venetian script harmonizing with the costumes and the buildings of the day. Centuries elapsed between the prologue and the story proper. The latter is laid in modern Venice. A descendant of the Italian nobleman, a beautiful woman named Foscarina comes back to the halls of her ancestors and quite by accident discovers the secret of the buried family jewels. A prowling band of outlaws hears about the existence of the jewels at the same time and by a series of clever maneuvers gets possession of the precious heirlooms. Foscarina thereupon engages the services of a world-famous detective named Argo to ferret out the evildoers and to recover the property. A keen battle of the wits ensues, first the plotters gain an advantage and then the detective overmatches them, but the end finds justice triumphant. The gems are found and restored to the owner, while the schemers are turned over to the police.
- George Lemont. recently divorced, has been given the custody of his little son and, thoroughly embittered against his former wife, refuses to allow her even to see the boy. Desperate, the woman at last decides upon a daring stroke and employs "Gentleman Joe," a notorious character of the underworld, to gain possession of her child for her. By means of a "fake" rescue, Joe gains the confidence of Lemont and the entree to his home. The abduction of the little fellow is, therefore, an easy matter, but once the lad is in his hands, Joe plans to extort from either the father or mother a larger sum than the latter has paid him. He notifies her that "the price has gone up." Lemont employs a corps of shrewd detectives who seek the child without success, and at last the mother, her heart torn with grief and remorse, determines to find her son herself. Disguised, she visits the cheap cabarets and dance halls frequented by Joe and finally learns that the boy is held prisoner at the "Half Moon" café. She notifies the police, but Joe, suspecting her as a spy, follows. Satisfying himself that she has learned his secret and notified the authorities, he hurries back to the "Half Moon" and succeeds in getting away with the lad just before the raiders arrive. An exciting chase follows. Joe, seeing that he is about to be taken, throws the boy from a high bridge into the river below just before a shot from a policeman's revolver ends the chase. The child is rescued, and in their joy over his safety the father and mother are reunited.