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- A black man kills a white woman. He is caught after a chase, tied to a stake, and burned alive.
- A man with a very heavy jag on staggers from a saloon, and it happens that he is just barely able to remember that he started out to buy a calf's head for his wife He staggers to a butcher's and buys it, takes it under his arm and starts his zig-zag way homeward. But while leaning up against a wall to rest he falls asleep, and here is where two mischievous boys take up the proceedings. They take the calf's head from under his arm, remove his hat and placing it down over his skull, have soon fitted it on him in the reverse position with the ace backward. He awakens under the operation and the two boys begin to pull him through the streets. The trio run into two policemen and the officers promptly take the calf-headed man in band. They pull him through the streets just as a school dismisses its pupils and the horde of boys swarm around captive and captors, dancing joyfully and tormenting them. They finally reach the police station and here the magistrate orders the peculiar headgear taken off the prisoner, but he is hopelessly drunk and with many kicks and cuffs he is thrown into a cell. Here he falls asleep and his dream is shown. He finds himself in a garden where bottles and bottles of liquor dance before him and disappear when he tries to grasp them. Casks open and girls emerge, but as he tries to grasp them they disappear in flame. Enraged he routs them all and engages in a struggle with one of their number, a big, fat fellow ; but while they roll on the floor the drunkard remembers and finds himself fighting with a ponderous policeman. Help comes and the prisoner is dragged up the stairs and into the magistrate s office again, receiving many vigorous punches and kicks. Here he finds his wife, an energetic, little woman, waiting for him, and after glaring at him for a moment she calmly orders him out before her. He does so.
- A pair of burglars enter the home of a dentist by way of the parlor window. There they lay their plans. One enters the adjoining room, which is the dentist's office, and engages that gentleman in conversation regarding the condition of his teeth. While this is going on, his confederate proceeds to gather together the valuable portable bric-a-brac in the parlor. Unfortunately for the arrangements of the two burglars, the dentist's servant discovers their presence and becomes familiar with the whole scheme, without their being aware of it. He quietly informs his master. The dentist, having secured one of the burglars in his operating chair, proceeds to pull out his teeth. After this, he and his servant capture the other burglar and make him disgorge his ill-gotten plunder. The pair of thieves are then forced to rearrange tin- valuables just as they were originally. As soon as they have done this they are allowed to depart, which they do in a most shame-faced manner.
- Hawkins, a miner, lives alone with his daughter Alice, and has considerable gold hidden in his cabin. He is blinded by a blast, and an Indian whom they have befriended goes for healing herbs, while Alice gets a pail of water. In their absence two thieves appear, Hawkins is shot and the gold is stolen. Alice and the Indian are horrified upon their return to find Hawkins dead, but the Indian and the girl pursue the culprits. Two intensely exciting scenes are shown as the red avenger overtakes the bandits and overcomes them, one by one, recovering the gold, which he returns to Alice.
- In Corsica, a lieutenant trails brigands and saves a captured flag.
- The story of an old chemist, who takes his daughter and a devoted band of assistants into the heart of Africa in order that he may pursue his scientific studies unmolested; of how he learns the secret of making diamonds and of a dastardly attempt to rob him of his secret by the head of a big diamond trust is, in itself alone, a thrilling one. But to this is allied an exciting story of a leopard hunt, of the chase and the capture of the beast after it has been badly wounded. Through the careful nursing of the chemist's daughter, the leopard is restored to its former good health, and becomes as docile as a great domestic cat. When the agent of the diamond trust comes to steal the secret, he is confronted by the great leopard, who attacks him, and, after a deadly struggle, the thief and the avenger lie lifeless upon the ground.
- Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
- Mike suddenly felt that he was the strongest man ever. Previous to this mental revelation, he had been a joke to all who knew him. Everybody kicked him around. He was mauled, misused and abused, made miserable every hour of the day. Accidentally he laid hands upon a power cable that was carrying millions of volts of electricity. Mike was a magnetic man. He recovered miraculously and it was then he discovered that he was 90,000,000 horsepower strong. Then the thought of revenge occurred. He tried himself out. He bent a crowbar across his mighty chest, and then gave it a contemptuous fling, which sent it flying over earth until it disappeared beyond the distant mountain. From that moment until the end of his shadowy career of strength, Mike's cognomen was "Devastation," in large black-faced letters. He went thumping among his ancient enemies, flinging them to the four winds. Some of them fled and hid in the section house. He pulled it down and scattered the frightened huskies. Proceeding on his tempestuous way, he rescued a child from an onrushing automobile, and then kicked the "chug chug" back up the hill, tying the chauffeur in a double bow-knot. Everything seemed to be giving way before him. But his Titanic power was his undoing. He was chased by a man with a shotgun, and seemed to think that would tickle; so he dashed through a brick wall. Passing through it, he went down a terrible incline and struck the earth below with such force that he went into the ground lower and lower until he tapped the internal waters and infernal fires. At the close of this screaming burlesque, Mike is observed still descending on his journey, unending.
- The ghost of an Egyptian princess curses the archaeologist who stole her mummified hand.
- A young student has had a relationship with a young Jewish woman. When she becomes pregnant, he refuses to marry her, arguing that she is Jewish and he Christian.
- To the little fishing village came an artist on vacation, as once, many years before, another of his craft had come, innocently and with no thought of what the future might hold for him. The sea was his object. For a while he lived by the sea, striving to catch and convey to canvas some of its caprices; then the fisherman's granddaughter crossed his path, and he began to forget his mission. He was painting her portrait when her grandfather, discovering what had happened, came on the scene and, after hearing the artist's name, dashed the framed canvas upon the easel in sudden wrath. "Come away," cried the terrible old man to the girl. To the girl her grandfather explained nothing, but to his old neighbor he told the tragic story of his daughter, who had loved that other artist and given her life for his child, Elsie. "And that man is his son," he cried, "He will come tonight for my answer, and I shall kill him." But the artist did not come. Instead, a boatman brought a note, telling Elsie's grandfather that she had eloped with her lover. They were beyond the old man's reach, but the sea must be reckoned with. At dawn, two bodies were cast up on the shore.
- Each flirt was contented with his girl until he saw the other flirts' girls. This led rapidly to events which resulted in the stout flirt getting his face in the way of the other flirt's foot. The contact resulted in lost teeth on the former's part and also a fervent desire to meet the other and kill him. At home, his battered jaw did not improve and he consented to meet his daughter's sweetheart, who had called only after persuasion. The introduction was not cordial, as the young man turned out to be the same person who had kicked out father's teeth. Therefore he left rather hurriedly, but not without mixing with father and knocking out his few remaining molars. This last experience induced father to go straight to the dentist. Instead of relief, he found in the dentist the same young man who had knocked out his teeth twice previously. This tooth destroyer was a dentist all the time and neither father nor daughter was aware of it. How father attempted to cut loose rebounded to his sorrow, as he had to be taken home on a truck and the two dentists fell down a manhole.
- Manu, East Indian servant of William Worthing, an old collector of curios, telephones the police that he cannot open the door of his master's room. Jack Forrest, a young reporter, is at headquarters when the message is received. He tells the sergeant that Worthing's son, Fred, in India, is his best friend. Jack accompanies the police to the house, and entrance is forced. Worthing lies upon the floor, having been killed by a sword. Circumstantial evidence is found against Manu. He is tried and acquitted. Worthing's son, Fred, arrives from India and Jack tells him of the crime. Fred finds a clue in the fact that the sword was standing upright, and searches the attic. He finds some rope lint on a post, and notes that the attic window is directly above the bedroom window. Then he finds a little image of Buddha among his father's effects. The last time he saw the little Buddha it was in an Indian temple with his father. It then contained a sacred bit of parchment, and old Worthing evidently had stolen it, and the Hindu servant murdered him as a result. The servant made his escape from the room by climbing out of the window on a rope to the attic. He had slid the bolt of the window with the sword through the transom, when the sword fell, it remained standing in the floor. These deductions prove correct, for Fred and Jack see Manu return stealthily that night to obtain the parchment from its hiding place under the steps. Fred and Jack follow him to a tenement and discover that the Hindus have a temple there. When they peep through a crevice in the door, they hear Adaba, the high priest, promise Manu that as a reward for recovering the sacred parchment, he shall marry Lukora, the priestess of the temple. Jack wants to call a policeman, but Fred tells him that as Manu has been acquitted he cannot be tried again. Fred determines to seek vengeance himself. He is a student and knows that this sect of Buddhists greatly fear the curse of their God. The next day he steals into the temple with Jack. He rubs some phosphorous on the idol of Buddha, substitutes powder for the incense, and on the slat where Manu is to place his head through the marriage ceremony, he places another chemical. He hides behind the altar with Jack. The Hindus come in and the ceremony is starts. The priest throws incense on the sacred fire and all is darkness, and a voice says: "The curse of Buddha lies upon the murderer in this temple." When the fire leaps up again and Manu raises his head a mystic sign is upon his forehead. The Hindus flee from him in horror. The priest hands him a sword with a significant gesture. As Jack and Fred gaze at the lifeless body in the deserted temple, Fred feels that his father has been avenged.
- Lumberjack Gaston Olaf is newly arrived in the lumber camp of Havens Falls, but it isn't long before he finds himself coming to the rescue of the lovely Rose Havens, who is being pursued by the nasty Lefty Red. Impressed by Olaf's actions, lumber boss Dave Taggart hires Olaf to be foreman of his band of rogue lumbermen. Taggart, however, has his own plans for Rose, and not the same kind that Lefty had--he's after a valuable stand of wood on Rose's property and hatches a scheme that will allow him to not only get the wood but the land it stands on and Rose's safe in the bargain. while ensuring that both Rose and Olaf remain unaware of his plan.
- A young woman tries to find out the reason behind why all of her female ancestors have been killed before they reach their 21st birthday.
- When his design for a new dam is rejected, Peter Jamison prepares to leave town and proposes to Jane Coleridge, but her father's sudden death prevents Jane from meeting Peter. Five years pass, and Peter returns with his daughter and the explanation that his wife, Marie, deserted him. Peter and Jane's love grows anew, then Marie reappears and causes trouble for Jane. Marie dies in a dam burst.
- 'Pat of Paradise' owns a ranch in a neighborhood which has been continually raided by a band of mysterious masked riders. The ranch owners of the district hold a series of conferences in an effort to get rid of the thieves. Patterson ignores his neighbors' plans until the masked riders appropriate some of his own cattle. Then he determines to be avenged and discover the identity of the thieves. Masking, he haunts his ranch at night and finally discovers the robbers, but neighbors, seeing him, think he is one of them. He proves his innocence in a thrilling wind-up.
- A beautiful young girl is being forced to marry a crooked real-estate agent by making the girl's brother appear to be a thief. Cowboy Nat Sherwood discovers what's going on and sets out to expose the plot.
- Stanley Gilmore, the son of a railroad president, atones for a series of wild escapades by traveling to Tennessee to secure a right-of-way through the property of farmer Dave Wade. Accompanied by his dog, Thunder, Stanley meets with Dave and initiates a friendship with the farmer's daughter, Patsy. Stanley's arrival is noted by Joe Sneed, a henchman of Bill Garton, engineer for a rival railroad. When the dog thwarts Bill's attempt to steal important documents from Stanley, the engineer informs the corrupt sheriff. Later, Thunder battles a bear in defense of Little Bud Wade, then saves the boy from drowning at the hands of Joe and the sheriff. While sending his father a telegram, Stanley is kidnapped, but Thunder rescues his master, flags down a train, and drives the villains to their death. Stanley finds happiness with Patsy, and his father acquires the right-of-way.
- Bank clerk James Hamilton is framed for a payroll robbery and is sentenced to a chain gang, while the real criminals, deputy prison warden George Brooks and assistant bank cashier Worthington, believe they have evaded justice. James's loyal dog, Klondike, follows his master to the prison camp and aids his escape. A thrilling car chase ensues, and Klondike extracts the confession from Brooks that exonerates James.
- Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.
- A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
- A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
- An agent sent to investigate the thefts of gold bullion shipments discovers that the mine owner is behind it. He also finds out that the owner has his gang capture travelers in the desert to use as slave labor in the mine.
- Two ranchers quarrel, suspecting each other of castle rustling. The son of one proves that it is the work of a gang and rounds them up.
- A Chicago gangster is pleasantly surprised by violent crime in London. When he discovers crooks are after a mysterious package, and murder an innocent match-seller for it, he turns detective.
- Buck Bonner, posing as the recently deceased Morning Glory Kid, is sent to round up the Mort Ringer gang. Buck finds Ringer and joins up with his gang. But he is in trouble when Slim and Bud who buried the Kid arrive and expose him as a Marshal.
- Cowboy and his friends set out to track down his father's killer. On the way, they discover a vein of gold. The killer finds out about it, and returns to try to take it from them.
- Dated and uneven melodrama about a reformed criminal who marries into high society, only to be forced by a former accomplice to steal from the factory where he now works.
- On the eve of WWII, a British journalist is sent to neutral Norway to report on the possible Nazi intentions there; later he's tasked with a secret combat mission after Germany invades that country.
- On his way to help his ex-partner, miner Sam Trotter, Brit Marshall is tricked into helping Trotter's murderers get away with Trotter's gold bullion. Arrested for Trotter's murder, Brit and his comical sidekick Ike escape and begin to track down the killers to clear themselves. Clues as to the whereabouts of the bullion appear when torn corners of a playing card are found on each killer's person, leading to the identity of the gang's silent partner, one of the town's leading citizens.
- About the struggle of Soviet partisans with Nazi invaders during the Second World War. Partisans are fighting in various regions of the USSR, including the Caucasus. The film uses footage from German newsreels.
- In 1827, in the Philippines, Robert Balagtas is framed by his romantic rival and condemned to prison without trial. Years later, he escapes, finds a hidden treasure and returns to Manila a rich man. He generously distributes and shares his wealth among the natives who have been oppressed for so long by their Spanish rulers. His past is eventually discovered by the authorities, but he exposes their thieving ways to the government, and settles down for a happy life with Maria Louise.
- The attractive Argentine Don Careless is an adventurer and an excellent swordsman. Don is in love with Maria Moreno, since he had to emerge her jewels and had thereby to kill a shark. Don tries to prevent the forced marriage of Mary with the ruthless revolutionary Colonel Luis Corral. An armed clash between Don and Luis seems inevitable.
- An out-of-town killer is stalking Little Joe Jaevert, a gangster who operates rackets all over Chinatown.
- During the European revolutionary fervor of 1848, Italian Captain Renato Dimorna tries to avenge his father's death, goes against the corrupt local military governor Larocca and prevents an Austrian military invasion.
- Two sisters move to a remote village in France to work for a retired English clergyman and his wife. They soon discover that there is an evil that pervades the home and attempt to overcome the evil that faces them.
- This Pilot was about the Adventures of the "Tucson Kid", an insurance investigator who travels to any town where a suspicious insurance claim has appeared.
- A car strikes an unseen object. Blood spreads from an invisible source, which becomes visible as the bleeding man dies. He carries with him a suicide note dedicated to his only friend, who is also an invisible man. An eager young reporter tracks down Takemitsu Nanjo, a war veteran who makes his living visibly, painting his face like a clown's and carrying advertising signs. His favorite neighbor is a little blind girl whose mother is running afoul of local gangsters. The gangsters have been terrorizing the city as "the invisible gang," wrapping themselves up in scarves and trenchcoats so as to be visible to their victims, even though they are supposed to be invisible underneath. Once they discover Nanjo, who is defending his only friends, they beat him and leave him for dead.