Caroline and Anthony Mason have been married for five years. Due to his successful business, Anthony spends a lot of time away from Caroline. Her father, Bliss, likes Anthony as he has big houses and a large staff of servants. Even though Caroline loves Anthony, she is 'in love' with another man every two or three years. It is at these times that Anthony arrives to save the mar...
Bandit leader Montero seeks vengeance against a wicked duke who is responsible for the death of his bride. On the duke's wedding day, he kidnaps the duke's new wife, the French Princess Marie, before the union can be consummated and carries her off to his hideout; however, he did not figure that he and Marie would fall in love, complicating all plans of vengeance. And what of t...
A beautiful trapeze artist is loved by two men, identical in appearance but opposites when it comes to their station in life and their personalities. One of the men is Tito the Clown, a gentle and kind man whose love for Bianca is pure; the other is a heartless and wicked Count who is bent on possessing Bianca, even against her wishes. Tito goes to rescue Bianca and ends up kil...
MP John Chilcote is addicted to drugs, which has made his already-unpleasant personality even worse. When he lets down his party in Parliament by botching an important speech, he walks out into a London fog and bumps into his identical cousin, John Loder. When life--including a clinging mistress, a discarded wife, his demanding party bosses, and his responsibilities as a gentle...
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of him. He falls in love with Lady Venetia Cunningham, a visitor to the garrison.
A housewife poses as her sister, a notorious dancer, in order to fool her husband and teach him a lesson.
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
