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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 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.
- Anna, once the only heiress of a rich family, is now obliged to work day and night at her sewing machine. Her strenuous work is enlightened by her dream of love. Robert, her fiancé, meets an old friend of his who tries Anna's voice, which he thinks is very premising. She is now left under the instruction of her tutor. One day Robert, who works in a bank, is sent on a very important mission to St. Marseilles, but before leaving is presented with a snuff-box by Anna, on which she inscribes the first words of "Mignon," "Don't you know the beautiful land-." Morton, a friend of Robert, having overheard the conversation between Robert and the manager of the bank, plans to steal the large sum of money which Robert will cash in St. Marseilles. That night, with the help of other villains, Morton succeeds in stealing the money from Robert and throws him into a sewer. Not hearing anything from Robert everyone thinks that he ran away with the money. Anna has forgotten her lover and is now on the stage triumphing wherever she plays. During her tours she is invited to sing before the insane men in the asylum of the town. Robert is among the unfortunate men, having lost his reason by the shock he received when robbed. Anna arrives at the asylum and when he hears her beautiful voice, his memory is restored. Anna recognizes him and together they plan to find the guilty man. One day Morton, who is one of Anna's most ardent suitors, shows her the snuff-box she gave Robert. Recognizing it, she understands how he had obtained it. Shortly after, accompanied by Robert and the police, Morton is arrested, and Anna and Robert live happily together.
- The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Paolina is the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Vallenza, and lives as a beggar. She meets with Nunzio, a blind man who plays violin, exploited by his stepfather, and the two fall in love. The old Duke, remorsing, tries to find his daughter but he doesn't manage and leaves everything to his latest concubine, Livia, while Nunzio and Paolina will live in misery.
- Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- The story relates how Salambo, daughter of Amilcar, ruler of Carthage, and Priestess of Tanit, is the keeper of the Sacred Veil "on which human eyes must not gaze." She falls in love with Matho, a slave, who becomes the leader of a band of mercenaries, fighting for Carthage against Rome. Matho steals the sacred veil and Salambo is ordered by the priests to reclaim it. The lovers meet in Matho's tent and Salambo recovers the sacred veil. Matho is made a prisoner by the Carthaginians through the treachery of Narr Havas, who is rewarded by Amilcar for his treachery by the hand of his daughter, Salambo. Matho escapes from prison and death, and the Oracle of Tanit is made to declare, by the instrumentality of Spendius, Matho's faithful slave, that Matho is acceptable to the God and one day shall govern Carthage. Salambo, who has protested against her marriage to Narr Havas, whom she does not love, is thereupon given by Amilcar, her father, to Matho and the marriage ceremony is celebrated with much pomp.
- Rodgers, a dissolute artist, leaving for Villard Castle, where he is to restore old paintings, tells his friends that he intends marrying Lord Villard's daughter and incidentally her money. Obstacles intervene, but crafty Rodgers succeeds in winning the girl's love. They are married secretly. Alice, the daughter's nurse, learns of the marriage and agrees to keep it a secret so long as Rodgers is faithful. Months pass, and Rodgers tells his wife he will commit suicide if she does not give him $1,000 with which to pay his debts. Lord Villard sees Alice giving her dead mother's jewels to Rodgers. She confesses her relationship and is disowned. Alice goes to Rodgers' home. Finding him with two profligate women, she leaves him in anger. Lord Villard dies, but Alice finds that she must make her own living, as she has been disinherited. Rodgers, financially embarrassed, becomes a counterfeiter. Detected in a theater, Rodgers makes a daring dash for liberty over the housetops, but is captured and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Five years later Alice is a famous circus rider. Her little son is being reared in the country by the old nurse. Rodgers, released, sees his wife entering the theater. In the course of the performance, Prince Tremayne proposes to Alice, but is told that she is not free to consider his love. Rodgers startles Alice by appearing at the country place and demanding $500 with which to go to America. Alice, asking time, takes the child to her city home. Rodgers, coming there the next day, snatches up the child and escapes with him when Alice refuses to advance the money. Prince Tremayne follows Rodgers, who uses a motorcycle. In the hot chase the motorcycle catches fire and Rodgers and the boy are thrown to the ground. Using the lad as a shield, Rodgers holds Tremayne and his chauffeur at bay with a revolver. The chauffeur, by swimming a stream, attacks Rodgers from the rear. In the struggle on a bridge Rodgers is thrown into the water thirty feet below. Believing him dead, Tremayne gladdens Alice by this report and by restoring to her the child. Her joy is destroyed a few moments later when Rodgers telephones to say that she needn't feel happy, because he isn't dead yet, and that she still has to reckon with him. Tremayne then suggests that the child be taken to his .castle. The old nurse is put on the train with the boy. Rodgers has learned of their plan and is also on the train. The nurse in desperation determines to sacrifice herself. Struggling with Rodgers, she pulls him with her onto the adjoining tracks, where a moment later both are killed by another train. The closing scene is that of Alice now happily married, watching her son putting flowers on the grave of the nurse who had sacrificed her life.
- Judith, daughter of a criminal, has been placed by her grandmother, a nurse, in the cradle of Edna, the little Duchess of Burville. The real heiress is brought up as a singing girl at a rough inn, kept by the old evil-faced nurse, Roxana. In the twenty-five years that pass, the false Duchess manifests the strength of heredity, her father's evil tendencies coming to the front. Judith falls in love with Lord Norman, a poet, and in his honor gives a ball at the magnificent Burville Castle. The poet, however, does not reciprocate her affections. Later he bears Edna, the singing girl, on the street. He is startled at the resemblance between Edna and the Duchess of Burville. Enchanted by her singing, he trails Edna to her home and then starts wooing, which is even carried to the point where the poet dons the clothes of a workman in order to be near his sweet singing girl. Roxana is pressed for money by a confederate, and Roxana in desperation goes to the false Duchess and explains to her the secret of her birth, and demands money as a price of silence. Judith tells her to come later. In the evening the confederate grows more furious in his demands, and not trusting Roxana out of his sight, he insists upon Edna being sent to the castle for the hush money. Edna received by the false Duchess, who decoys her which she falls into the absence, the grandmother into an altercation. There is a fight and the lamp is upset, and the house is set on fire. Lord Norman, seeking Edna, comes in and finds the café smothered in smoke. Going upstairs into the flames he encounters a form upon the floor, and thinking it to be Edna, he struggle down the stairs with it. It is Roxana, who, dying, confesses that Edna is the real Duchess, and that she had been sent to the castle. Hurrying away to the castle, Lord Norman demands to see Edna. Judith's actions convinces him that she has been put out of the way. He accuses her of the crime. Under his fiery denunciations, Judith shows him where Edna had been dropped into the sewers underneath the house, and down into their murky depths goes the lover. He finds Edna stunned, but otherwise unhurt by the fall. They make their way to freedom. Meanwhile, in the castle, Judith, overcome by remorse, has ended her wicked life. Edna is restored to her rightful position, there to enjoy the love of he who had loved her as a humble street singer.
- In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall. Cato, a Roman Senator, appealed to the Senate to conquer Carthage, and under a pretext that she had failed to keep faith, the Romans began a new war. The Roman army embarked for Africa and landed near Carthage. (This ends the prologue.) Markia, daughter of General Astrubal, Governor of Carthage, asks permission of Zaniah, her stepmother, to visit the Temple outside the town, which is refused, but Astrubal intercedes and consents to Markia's doing so. Mobi, Astrubal's spy, brings news to him of the triumphant advance of the Romans on African soil, and from the walls of the city they watch the retreat of the Carthaginian army commanded by General Annon. Astrubal, ambitious to become the dictator, conspires to cause the downfall of Annon, and induces the city council to bar the mercenary troops from the town, fearing disorder and plundering. Messengers are dispatched to the warriors with this command, and they rebel, but Annon calms them by promising to present their grievances. In the meantime, Astrubal denounces Annon, and upon the latter's appearance in the Senate he is assassinated. Upon returning from the Temple, Markia is abducted by some of Annon's warriors, but Sirabas, his lieutenant, releases her and escorts her to the city. The impatient warriors start an uproar outside the city, but Astrubal calms them, consenting to receive a deputation with their grievances. Sirabas heads the delegation and is received by Astrubal, who apparently yields to the soldiers' request. Upon beholding Sirabas, Markia's stepmother, falls in love with him. Astrubal entertains his warriors in the banquet hall, but plans a massacre that night by his bodyguard, who secretly enter the palace. Zamah, Astrubal's wife, tries to save Sirabas by summoning him to her chamber. While there he hears the clamor of the fight and realizes the treachery of Astrubal. Sirabas escapes from the town and carries the news of the massacre to the waiting warriors. Markia, who had seen Sirabas leave the chamber of Zamah, has lost faith in him and seeks seclusion in the Temple. Sirabas and his soldiers join the Romans, who, headed by young Scipio, receive him with open arms. Preparations are made for the siege of the city. Astrubal's bodyguard sallies forth and captures Sirabas and a Roman outpost. Markia begs her father to save Sirabas and her plea is successful. She repulses him, however, and he determines to seek an explanation. Later he meets her in the sacred garden and convinces her of the truth. While trying to escape from the garden Sirabas is taken prisoner and Zamah has him sentenced to galley-slavery, and he is chained in the hold of a ship. The town is attacked by the Roman legions and conquered. Astrubal deserts his followers and flees to his galleys with his daughter. Zamah, however, refuses to desert the palace and dies a heroic death. The Roman fleet pursues Astrubal's galleys and defeats them, Astrubal being killed in the melee. Markia discovers Sirabas chained in the ship's hold, and succeeds in breaking the chain. Sirabas in turn rescues Markia from the raging flames and, throwing her overboard, jumps after her, leaving the galley to burn to the water's edge. Both lovers succeed in reaching the shore and are reunited once more.
- Count Bertrand is an army officer who enjoys the utmost confidence of the military leaders of his country but who nevertheless finds time to devote himself also to the interests of several charitable institutions. He and his wife are always among the first to offer their services when some charity fete is planned, and both being splendid riders, are chosen to take charge of a pretentious society circus designed to raise money for an orphanage. In order to stage the production in professional style, they hire Ivanoff, a circus manager, to assist them. Ivanoff gladly accepts their offer of the commission, not only because of the liberal payment promised, but also because of the fact that he is in reality a spy in the pay of a neighboring power and thinks that through association with the count, he will be able to gain possession of some valuable government secrets. He bides his time and finally, by drugging the count, succeeds in getting into his own hands some maneuver plans which had been entrusted to Bertrand. These he delivers to the prime minister of the hostile power, and Bertrand is arrested on a charge of having sold the information to the enemy. He is convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Countess Bertrand is prostrated by her husband's disgrace, but confident of his innocence, sets herself to find evidence which will set him free. Certain clews lead her to suspect that Ivanoff is the real thief of the plans. To find him is in itself a difficult task, for he has disappeared and left no inkling of his whereabouts behind him. Finally the countess hits upon a plan. She will disguise herself, join a circus and seek for Ivanoff among the haunts of circus people. This she does, and it is not long before the famous "Lady of the Mask," a superb equestrienne who never allows her features to be seen, even by her colleagues, is one of the best known performers in the circus world. The masked rider, of course, is none other than the countess herself. The time the circus with which she is connected plays a long engagement in the hippodrome at the capitol of Rugaria, the country which Ivanoff serves. Alexis, the countess's servant, locates Ivanoff's divorced wife, Nadia, and from her they learn that the spy is in the city, living luxuriously on a large sum of money paid him for the stolen plans, and several days later they see him occupying a box at the hippodrome. Ivanoff is struck with the grace of the masked rider and asks for an introduction, which is granted. The countess, never taking off her mask, leads him on until he invites her to take dinner in his rooms. She accepts, and as they are dining suddenly removes her mask and covers him with a revolver. She forces him to give her the plans and his correspondence with the Rugarian officials and is delighted to find that the papers prove conclusively her husband's innocence. Still covering Ivanoff with the pistol, she makes her escape from the house. In her haste she drops one of the documents, but Alexis, the servant, whom she has left on guard at the door, picks it up and jams it into his pocket. Now that she has the precious proofs, the countess loses no time in leaving the Rugarian capital. Ivanoff, however, has not lost his presence of mind and succeeds in getting a warrant for her arrest. He charters a high-powered motor car and starts for the border at top speed. There is an exciting race between his machine and the train which bears the countess. The auto wins, and when the daring woman reaches the frontier, Ivanoff and a squad of military police are waiting for her at the border station. The papers are taken from her and she is hustled across the border into her own country. She returns heartbroken to her home. Several days later, Alexis, who has follower on another train, arrives and gives her the paper which she dropped in fleeing from Ivanoff's house. It proves to be a letter from the prime minister of Rugaria to the spy and conclusively proves the innocence of the count. This letter, turned over to the military authorities, wins a pardon for Bertrand and brings back happiness to the woman who dared.
- 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.
- Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mario, who, although engaged to Cesarina, goes to Lyda's home. Cesarina sees them and manages to persuade Mario to leave Lyda.
- In the days of yore there existed a condition when war, revolution and massacre prevailed. Vice and immoral tactics were practiced by army officers to such extents that it aroused the people to a pitch of rebellion, and in such, we find the city of Persania, a terrific field of battle. After days of bloody battle, the victorious army under General Zachine, invade the home of Countess Xanthias and take possession of it. An officer is immediately captivated by the rare beauty of the young Countess; he waits his chance and in a drunken mood attacks her. A struggle ensues, in which she kills him with his own sword, and makes good her escape. Upon discovery of the head officer, General Zachine orders the arrest of the entire household and condemns them to die. The young countess returns just as her mother and servants fall victims to the law of war. At the dead body of her mother she vows to avenge her. Two years later at the conclusion of peace Countess Xanthias secures a position in a circus show, she having no other means of a livelihood and goes by the name of Nordiska. She also secures the services of a disguised army officer whose object is to recover valuable documents stolen by General Zachine at the time of war. At a dinner Lieutenant Zachine, the general's son, is invited to a box at the circus to see the celebrated Nordiska. He attends and while performing, Nordiska sees and recognizes the son of her mother's executioner. The Lieutenant upon seeing her falls in love at first sight, and seeks an introduction. He arranges to meet her by consent; Nordiska accepts and here she sets upon the task of fulfilling her vow. The new valet sets to work and manages to get possession of the key to the safe that contain the documents. He secures the papers, but is discovered and trapped. However, he is determined and while his captors are holding consul, he jumps out of a window. A chase follows in which he is wounded, but he succeeds in reaching Nordiska's home. Nordiska in the meantime is entertaining Lieutenant Zachine, and seeing her accomplice, leaves Zachine, secures the papers from the dying offices and escapes. The pursuing party arrive in time to see their man expire, and are surprised to find the lieutenant in an adjoining room. Upon investigation they realize the plot and go in pursuit of the fleeing Nordiska, but she is not to be caught, for by a clever ruse, she eludes pursuit. During the excitement of the chase, Lieutenant Zachine crosses the frontier lines and is put under arrest. He is brought before the governor for trial. Nordiska enters and presents the recovered documents to the governor, whereupon the lieutenant is immediately disarmed, and here we see the words of the wise Gallic distinct, "Vae Victis," or woe to the conqueror.
- Julien Barbour is employed as a bookkeeper and secretary by the firm of Forrest and Patton. The consideration these employers have for their employee reaches to the extent of their proposing a marriage to him with the niece of Dr. Spangler, a particular friend of theirs. The niece is tall and lean, while Barbour is of the other type, fat. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest are very much attached to each other and at every opportunity express their love in a most pronounced manner, much to the disgust of Mr. and Mrs. Patton. Mrs. Patton, however, is a very frivolous woman and conducts a secret correspondence with a certain Armand. During the course of business at the office of Messrs. Forrest and Patton, a telegram is received, which necessitates their leaving for Sardinia. Mrs. Forrest is thereupon placed by her husband in charge of Julien Barbour, who is instructed in strong terms to guard his (Mr. Forrest's) dear wife and household while away. The wily Mrs. Patton is determined to take advantage of her husband's absence and for company induces Henriette to join her to the shore, stopping at the Hotel Sea View, for she is to meet Armand there. Now poor Julien Barbour is no match for the clever Mrs. Forrest, who succeeds in entrapping him through a letter he is induced to write expressing his love for her. Using this as a threat, she succeeds in joining Mrs. Patton on the trip to the Hotel Sea View. When Barbour finds his mistress gone, and being deeply concerned about his charge, he determines to follow her, and although he misses the train, he continues his pursuit by inducing an engineer to follow the fleeting pair. Forrest and Patton, upon arriving at the dock to leave for Sardinia, find the boat going out. What can these two poor husbands do under such trying circumstances? The summer season being at its height and its oppressive heat adding discomfort to disappointment, they naturally decide to spend the day at the shore since, at any rate, they cannot return in time to their place of business, and so we find them at the very hotel selected by their wives, who are supposed to be at home. The hilarious part of the comedy now begins with the two husbands let loose, one of whom though is deprived of his joyous plans on account of taking a dose of medicine for seasickness, since he felt certain of catching the boat for Sardinia. One of the plans of Mr. Forrest in order to hide his identity is to use the visiting cards of his secretary, who is also at the shore, being busily engaged guarding his attractive mistress. The effect of the double burden of responsibility now heaped upon the shoulders of poor Barbour may be imagined, but what follows should be seen on the screen.
- 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.