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- A rich family's son falls in love with a woman who will only marry him once he becomes a Kung-Fu Master. In this 'Dramedy' He becomes a legendary hero, by attempting to save the emperor, during his true quest of love.
- Fishke, a lame Jewish bath attendant, stands up against the on going persecutions and killings of Jews and forms the first Jewish platoon in Russia of the 16th century.
- Vigo Grexville, a foreign spy, king of the city's beggars, breaks into General DuRoy's house to secure possession of important government papers. DuRoy's daughter, Mona, interrupts the criminal, who, however, carries her off before she can give the alarm. As Mona has seen his face, Grexville decides to keep her a lifelong prisoner in his castle. From the papers the criminal learns that Mona is heiress to her father's vast fortune and he determines upon a bold coup. He forces Mona to write a letter to the general, telling him that for reasons of her own she stole the government papers. On receipt of the letter DuRoy is heartbroken, but Mona's fiancé, Dr. Garth, refuses to believe his sweetheart's guilt, and declares he will unravel the mystery. A night or two later Grexville visits the general's home and shoots him, leaving behind a revolver to give the tragedy the appearance of suicide. He then tells Mona that unless she agrees to marry him and share her father's fortune with him she will never see the outside world again. Mona is obdurate and by means of a swallow which has built its nest outside her prison window, she sends a message earnestly entreating the finder to communicate with Dr. Garth. Some days later Garth receives the letter, but it has been so badly mutilated that all he can learn is that Mona is a prisoner in the hands of a man who calls himself "King of Beggars." In order to solve the mystery Garth disguises himself and mixes with the beggars of the city. For a month his search is without avail, but at last he meets the king, whom he follows to his home. In a struggle with Grexville, Garth is overpowered and flung through a secret trapdoor into a sewer beneath the castle. He makes his way out by using an explosive cartridge he carries, and succeeds in rescuing Mona from her prison, which has caught fire. They then hasten to inform the police and a strong force is sent to arrest Grexville, who is attending a state ball. Grexville fights his way from the ballroom and escapes in a waiting motorcar, with the police in hot pursuit. Grexville's chauffeur is killed, and the crook badly wounded meets his doom when the motorcar plunges over a steep cliff. Later Mona finds happiness as the bride of her faithful lover.
- James Ravencroft was a well-to-do broker whose name in financial circles was one to conjure with during the palmy days of his career; he becomes gradually reduced to poverty, but manages to keep his financial condition a secret to his family. He conceives the idea of forming a "Beggar Trust" as a means of revenue. From this time on Ravencroft leads a dual life. At home he is the same lovable husband and kind father. In the underground rendezvous of the beggars he is the scheming, crafty king of petty sharpers and fakirs. His kindness towards a homeless waif, one of the beggars, wins for him her friendship and his life is saved when the band becomes mutinous and decides to elect another king. Ravencroft amasses a fortune through his system of employing beggars and escaping secretly when the police raid the beggars' haunt, he returns to his room with the girl, through a secret panel, secures his hidden hoard from a cleverly concealed safe in the fireplace and hurries home to his family, the beggar crew being hustled oft to police headquarters meanwhile. At the Ravencroft home the girl is adopted and everyone seems happy, except the master of the house, who, in his escapades with the beggars, contracts a severe cold which develops into consumption. Day by day his ailment grows worse. Two of the beggar crew escape from the police and discover a connection between their former king and the broker, Ravencroft. They call at his home and demand money. Ravencroft orders them from the house, whereupon they notify the police that the King of Beggars is none other than the broker. Ravencroft's weakened condition is no match for the shock of arrest, and he drops dead when a detective arrives at his home.
- The story revolves around the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife Ma Xiuying. Ma is the queen famous for her "big feet" .
- Under the porch of the Basilique, the King of Beggars is receiving the tithes of his subjects, all of whom come forward to hand over to their sovereign the products of their day's work, begging in the streets. We then follow the King home, under cover of the night. He enters a dark underground dungeon, he crosses the dingy cellar, enters what appears to be a cupboard, tugs at something, and ascends from sight. In fact, he has entered an elevator, and is carried aloft where he alights in a magnificent apartment, and is received by his domestic attendants, who wait upon him with signs of deep attention. The King of Beggars is no other than the Duke of Amblois. There is a feast at the residence of the Marquis of Monbarlin. The Marquis has lost all his fortune, and therefore refuses to give the hand of his daughter to the Squire of Valangis as his fortune is small, notwithstanding the fact that he and the young girl dearly love each other. The wealthy and pompous Duke of Amblois asks the Marquis for his daughter's hand, and is readily accepted by the father, but the young lady repulses him, as she will have none but the beloved Squire. The Duke becomes enraged and swears revenge. Later on Valangis endeavors to appoint a rendezvous for himself and Juliet, but all his plans are thwarted by the beggars over whom the Duke reigns supreme. The Duke succeeds in getting the girl to his apartment, but immediately he receives word that the house is surrounded by the police: he hastens to the underground regions, where he hides Juliet, and returns to his rooms, only to find the officers waiting to arrest him. In his surprise, he makes a false step backward and falls through the elevator shaft, landing at the feet of Juliet and her lover, the young Squire, who has succeeded in finding his dear beloved. A moment later the Marquis arrives, and realizing the worth of the Squire, unites his hand with that of beautiful Juliet. Then the men all uncover their heads before the dead body of the villainous Duke of Amblois.
- In Rome, Simon discovers a protection racket targeting the local beggars who must relinquish part of their alms to a person known as the king of the beggars.