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The story of a producer's troubles in selecting and "making" a new juvenile star. The opening is in Mack Sennett's private office, with Sennett himself interviewing directors, actors, would-be comedians and lions. A director tells him of a child he has seen and is told to sign him up. After much trouble this is done and the kid becomes a star.

A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.

A blind Chinese poet, in his affliction, believes that everyone and everything about him is good and kind but immediately his sight is restored, the words of a prophet are fulfilled and he sees his friends are false, his wife is faithless and his young son mimics his blindness.

The story tells how Count Preyn is artfully trapped into a marriage with the cold, unemotional princess of Flausenburg. Poor Count Preyn, with his bubbling Viennese disposition, finds himself lost in the cold atmosphere of the Flausenburg court. On his wedding night he rushes away in desperation and finds a pretty Viennese orchestra leader in a cafe. A romance ensues, the girl never suspecting that he is the prince consort. The girl, Franzi, is hired to teach the princess the modern arts in order to win her husband's love. Right up to the last she is unaware that it is her lover that she is helping to win back for his princess wife.

A student makes a fortune in Mexico, is blinded in a war, becomes a teacher, and weds a reformed flirt.

Two men appear at the country club with blackened eyes. Seeing a story of a rescue by an unknown hero in a newspaper, each tells his wife that he was the hero. The members of the club are shown the new issue of a motion picture news reel. It depicts a raid by the Purity League and both "heroes" are seen being thrown out in the fracas. And then the riot begins. The second half of the comedy deals with somewhat slapstick doings on a polo field.

Two pals in the A. E. F. are given a furlough. With a borrowed dollar they "clean up" in a crap game and start for Paris. Instead they land in Cardonia, a principality of Spain. Hero is mistaken for a bandit and falls in love with the prettiest senorita in Cardonia. After a series of exciting adventures he saves the girl from marriage with the villain, finds she is the daughter of the Grand Duke, and becomes assistant ruler of the kingdom. The last seen of hero he is back in camp doing k. p. duty for overstaying his leave.

"Frisco Flash," a pugilist with a taste for culture, is employed by the head of the aristocratic Bannerman family to put his children under control. "Frisco" takes to luxury like a cat to cream and later re-enters the ring in spangled trunks and a ribbon girdle, meeting defeat on all sides. However, a knock-out blow from his opponent brings him to and he turns defeat into success before leaving the ring.

Who are you? Why are you here? Where is God when you face trials? We all have a universal thirst to have our questions answered-to know who we are and where we belong. No matter what your background or life circumstances, everyone wants to belong. And the best place to belong is in the loving hands of the One who created us. Meet Charity, Ned, and Lisa. Each has a very different story. Each faced their own trials-death of loved ones, adoption and racism, parental divorce and unplanned pregnancy-which left them with more questions than answers. They each faced circumstances that forced them to ask the tough questions and wonder where they fit in. It was in their journey, their struggles, and their frustrations that the answers slowly came. And they realized that it was less about who they were and more about who Christ is.

Two rival suitors plot to win the girl using fair means or foul.

This one starts with Will coming out presumably before a Follies audience and telling them that he has brought back from Hollywood some "big moments" from well known films for their enjoyment. Accordingly, a screen is dropped and scenes from "Blood and Sand," "Robin Hood" and finally the old "Keystone Cops" are shown with Rogers, of course, in the leading roles. Of course, the action is all burlesqued and many laughs afforded.

A widow's son refuses to be adopted by a Lord when he learns the Lord is her father.

An old miser is killed by a giant spider who stings him near the ear, but his niece is accused of the crime and her sweetheart is unable to save her. Then comes Hal Norcross, star reporter-detective for the Daily News. He spends the night in the chamber of death and finds the big spider. Then he tells the story to the jury and saves the girl, who falls into the arms of the other man, her lover.

As a reporter, Dick Farrington is sent to cover an assignment that promises a big story. A lawyer has advertised for an ex-Marine who is a boxer. He makes good beating up a gang of roughnecks picked for the purpose, and secures the mysterious job that is filled with danger. It is to guard the heiress Lady Chatfield, but the hero is told nothing as to the secret in back of it all. Dick poses as Lord Grantmore, wears a monocle, and otherwise acts like a titled Englishman. They proceed to the mining town of Goldbrook, where the heiress is to occupy a mysterious mansion on the occupancy of which hinges a great fortune. The engineer of the mines is deeply interested in thwarting the plans of Lady Chatfield, and with his gang of roughneck miners makes things lively for the pugilist star in a series of fights that are hair raisers.

A woman is about to lose the mortgaged ranch through a scheming villain. But the hero wins a cross-country race with the girl's prize mare. The villain has cut the saddle straps, but riding to a bareback finish, the hero thus outwits him. Later the bad man lures the girl to a deserted shack, and again the deputy sheriff proves more than a match for the other.

The adventures of Phineas Fogg the 3rd, grandson of the famous globe trotter of Jules Verne fame, in his effort to go around the world in 18 days to get proxies from widely scattered stockholders of an international fuel company, which is headed by Fogg's sweetheart's father. Unless Fogg obtains the proxies in time, Brenton, the vice-president, will seize control of the company at the next Board meeting which occurs on the 19th. It is then the first of the month. Brenton wagers Fogg $100,000 that he cannot make the trip in time.

What do you think of when you hear the word gospel? Many of us understand that God sent His Son Jesus to live, die, and rise again so that believers can spend eternity with Him in heaven. And that's true. But what about now? In the chaos of life, we can forget that "eternity with God" is not just a future truth but a current reality that begins on the day of our salvation. Our new life with Christ is happening now. Awakening features Bible teachers Joe Stowell, Vivian Mabuni, Sheridan Voysey, and Artie Lindsay who illuminate the deeper truth of what it means to be a part of God's big story.

Stan is a "handy man" for a local garage-man and, as usual, does everything wrong. He never cracks a smile all the way through, even when the gasoline pipe will not stop flowing and finally explodes shooting Stan, the garage owner, a customer and a little quick-lunch counter into the middle of next week.

Paul is a stay-out-at-night hubby and in order to explain his delay he invents a lovely story about freight yard rough-necks and how he was robbed, gagged and bound to the tracks with the Overland Limited dashing towards him. He was saved by an earthquake which shook the ground and threw the locomotive off the tracks. Does the mother-in-law believe the story? Not a bit of it.

Paul is about to be married but loses his clothes.

J. Wesley Pringle is the popular favorite for sheriff. Thorpe, his opponent, realizes this and resorts to foul means to prevent Pringle's election. Georgie Hibler, the daughter of Pringle's biggest support, knows that Thorpe will do anything to spoil hero's chance of election. Fite, a pleasant old fellow, whom Pringle had saved from suicide, saves him from Thorpe's gang which is holding him prisoner. Pringle returns in time to be elected, Thorpe is landed in jail and Georgie demands an immediate marriage.

A young man and his pal get caught up in a gambling craze that's sweeping the area.

Suitor has to overcome the pranks of another contending for the same girl.

The young hero [Kenneth Parson] with a fortune is the object of a scheming gal [Thelma Duncan] who tries to win him away from his sweetie [Betty Jefferson] by getting him in a compromising situation in a lonely cabin. He promises to marry her, but his sweetie steps in and pulls a trick herself and wins him back again.

Leo is in love with the ranch owner's daughter who teaches school, but so is the "straw boss" of the ranch. However this doesn't mean anything to the girl until he forces her to kiss him. Maloney interferes and the men fight. The ranch owner comes out and orders them all to get their pay. The girl tries to explain and finally she convinces her father but when he walks into the room where the men are, the "straw boss" and two of his friends accuse Maloney of stealing money from the owner's desk. The owner tells Leo they are going to arrest him, but he, saying, "Come and get me," locks the door on them. General acceptance of this invitation gives Maloney an opportunity to ride and fight his way through the reel.