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- Miles Brewster Higgins, a self-conscious small town youth, endures his jealousy in silence when a flashy automobile salesman appears and captures the attention of his sweetheart, Irene Hayes. On the insistence of Cousin Roy, Miles invests in Baby Blue oil stock, which quickly earns a fortune. It is his intention to become engaged to Irene, then jilt her, but the rumor that his money was actually invested in another company -- and is therefore accruing no profit -- spoils his plans. Miles "faces the music" and learns that Grandma Brewster has spread the news about the false investment to test him. Miles has his fortune and his girl.
- A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.
- A Texas Ranger is hired by a cattleman to stop a gang of rustlers who are stealing his cattle. Unbeknownst to the owner, the gang is actually headed by his foreman.
- A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.
- Stationed at the Mexican border, a young lieutenant whose job is to capture a ring of narcotics smugglers, spies his sweetheart, the daughter of a U. S. Customs official, in a cantina suspected of being the headquarters of the dope ring. Believing that she is part of the ring, he decides to resign his job. Word arrives that the girl and her father are being held prisoners by the gang. The lieutenant goes to aid them and is captured. Finally, the U. S. Army rescues the trio and the girl is revealed to be a secret agent.
- A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding acceptance and love, rare cinematic gem based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel of the same name.
- Benjamin Franklin Reed, otherwise known as Sweetie, resents being tied to his mother's apron strings and on the occasion of his 21st birthday decides to assert his adult independence. He begins by smoking a cigar, swearing mildly, and taking a drink. Later, he becomes enamored of a cabaret performer, kisses her passionately before the audience, then goes to her dressing room to apologize and to find that she takes a sympathetic interest in him. The pair decide to elope to Boston, but Benjamin loses his money, and his bride is snatched from him by an irate father. Benjamin learns of a cabaret clown's plot on the girl's life, and following a struggle with the clown, he rescues the girl as the villain falls to his death from a stage platform. Now proved to be a man, "The Cradle Buster" embarks on his honeymoon.
- Polly Grimshaw (Marguerite Courtot), and her father, Capt. Abel Grimshaw (Herbert Pattee), unwittingly become involved in a liquor smuggling operation led by Leonard Craven (Gordon Standing), owner of the boat Grimshaw pilots around the coast of Florida. Polly's sweetheart, Robert Graham (Pierre Gendron), commander of a revenue cutter, discovers their involvement when they subject themselves to his prosecution. A trial ensues and the captain is cleared.
- A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
- James Benton marries much younger Alice Torrance, who is from from the city, but she soon finds it difficult to adjust to the small town and Benton's preoccupation with his oil wells. When Benton is away, Alice leaves him. Longtime admirer Duncan Phelps, appears in her train compartment, and Alice repulses him just as there is a train wreck. Benton finds Alice's farewell note at the moment he hears of the wreck, but when Alice returns on the rescue train they reunite.
- Olympia Brewster marries John Brainerd to escape a life of drudgery and immediately realizes that he does not love her but only desires her physically. She leaves a suicide note and starts for her uncle's home, pausing only to see a woman shoot at her husband, apparently fatally. Some years later she marries George Packard, a successful lawyer who becomes mayor. A private secretary whom he hires turns out to be Brainerd, who blackmails Packard into rejecting a nomination for governor. But just as he is starting his speech, Olympia finds proof that Brainerd was already married when he married her.
- Kate Claybourne is too busy with her literary career to notice that her husband, Bartley, is providing the finery for her flapper sister, Peggy Kendricks. When she does find out, she seeks a divorce, with the understanding that Bartley will marry Peggy. But Peggy, who toys with many men's hearts, marries Ralph Demarest, thereby cutting off Ralph from his disapproving father's fortune. Peggy accepts money from Horace Demarest to leave Ralph but then flings it in Ralph's face and urges him to make a man of himself. Peggy stands by Ralph, wins Horace's affection, and reunites the Claybournes.
- Suffering persecution, Russian Jews Nathan Levinsky, his wife, Esther, and his son, David, escape their homeland for the U.S., where Nathan ekes out a feeble existence as a peddler. Esther despairs of her life and leaves Nathan for Max Levy, but reverses cause her to allow David to be adopted by the wealthy Danvers family. Some years later, Nathan prospers on a small California ranch, which adjoins the larger ranch of John Comstock. Comstock makes no secret of his dislike for Jews, yet he unknowingly approves when his daughter, Helen, falls in love with the Danvers' adopted son, Jimmy, whom Nathan secretly recognizes as David. Nathan loses everything in a fire, goes to San Francisco to begin anew, and is reunited with a contrite Esther. Jimmy learns the truth about his parentage and goes to San Francisco to search for Nathan; Helen and Comstock follow, and Helen disappears. Nathan saves Helen from disgrace at the hands of Max Levy, and gratitude prompts Comstock to sanction Helen's marriage to Jimmy.
- Cardinal Richelieu is desirous of embarrassing his king and D'Artagnan for political purposes. Employs Milady de Winter to help his cause. D'Artagnan, however, is faithful to his queen and sweetheart, Constance, the latter in her services as spy. Milady is captured but a traitor aids her to escape. However, she has her revenge by poisoning Constance and in turn is beheaded.
- Dartigan, an adventure-seeking Nebraskan with a broken-down horse, seeks the famous Three Buckaroos and receives their challenges to three individual pistol duels when he stumbles onto them. En route to these appointments he meets and falls in love with Constance Kingsley, and he valiantly assists the Buckaroos in repulsing an attack by cattle rustlers at the rendezvous. Thus, Dartigan is allowed to take the oath of The Three Buckaroos, which forbids him to declare his love to Constance. Led by Dartigan, the Buckaroos engage in many valorous exploits and finally round up the rustlers--freeing Dartigan to tell Constance what she has been waiting to hear.
- Chester Waddington secretly marries society girl Patricia Flynn, a fact that is revealed at a party celebrating her engagement to another suitor. A brawl ensues, during which Chester defeats his would-be rival. After searching the city for apartments, the lovers buy a home in the suburbs on the installment plan. Chester takes an option on a plot of land, believing the proceeds will make them wealthy. However, Chester's employer declares the plot to be worthless and fires him. The couple endure weeks of struggle, until the land suddenly becomes a valuable asset.
- While attending Stanford University, Silent Duval, a half-breed Indian, is both a football star and the object of scorn by his fellow students--except Mary MacDonald. Duval leaves college in disgust and returns to his Northland home as a secret agent for MacDonald's business firm. Later, Duval learns that Mary has been lost in a violent snowstorm while searching for her father, and he defies death to repay her kindness by rescuing her and teaching her father's enemy, Winston Sassoon, a lesson in the law of the Yukon. Duval rewards the patience of Nadine Picard, also a half-breed, with his love.
- Cherry, the youngest daughter of Dr. Strickland, marries Martin Lloyd; and Peter, a neighbor who was in love with her, unhappily begins a world tour. Returning home, Peter finds that the doctor has died, leaving the older daughter, Alix, alone; and he marries her out of desperation. Cherry, unhappy with her marriage, leaves her husband and comes to live with her sister and Peter; learning that Peter still loves her, Cherry agrees to run away with him, but they are discovered by his wife and upbraided. Martin is injured in a logging camp accident, and Cherry, realizing that she still loves her husband, goes to him. Peter resolves to free Alix, but she forgives him and they agree to start anew.
- Louis Rousseau believes that the technically perfect music of his violin student, Tom Richards, lacks a soul because Tom has not suffered. Therefore, he convinces Rosalie Anjou, whom Tom saved from apaches and now loves, that she must dance at the notorious Moulin Rouge to earn the money Tom needs for his lessons. While keeping Tom ignorant of her activities, Rosalie becomes a great success and is selected Queen of the Moulin Rouge. Rousseau takes Tom to the coronation and, as he hoped, Tom denounces Rosalie and pours his pain and rage into his music. Rousseau confesses his scheme and Tom rushes to the banks of the Seine just in time to save Rosalie from a watery grave.
- Lumberman Dave Malkern fires drunk brother Jim for dereliction of duty. Jim seeks revenge by dynamiting the sawmill.