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- DirectorCharles R. SeelingStarsGuinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- DirectorHamilton SmithStarsHenry HullMary ThurmanWilliam H. TookerWhile having dental work done, Jimmy inhales too much gas and begins believing that he is a detective. He sets out to capture a gang of thieves who robbed Jean's uncle's bank.
- DirectorLois WeberStarsClaude GillingwaterJane MercerJacqueline GadsdonJewel stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Family squabbling is brought to heel through love and understanding from Jewel's pure love for others and trust in Divine Love
- DirectorAustin O. HuhnStarsNorma ShearerGladden JamesYvonne LoganA 'what if' story promises suspense and intrigue when Jim Allen manages to discover a so-called family friend's underhanded schemes that ruined Jim's father and plummeted Jim into a lowly social and financial state of affairs.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsLupino LaneAlberta VaughnEva ThatcherAn amiable couple (Lupino Lane) (Alberta Vaughn) buy a trailer and start out on a camping vacation, only to be joined at the last minute by the wife's family. The husband remains friendly, even though all the work and few of the comforts are left to him. After many comic situations the husband rescues his wife from a western-style attack by a gang of bandits and receives a reward for their capture.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsJack HoltCasson FergusonSigrid HolmquistYoung playboy Robert Pitt makes a bet with friends at a restaurant that he will obtain within 24 hours a photograph of a girl across the room, whom he has never met, autographed fondly to him. His unsuccessful attempts to steal the photograph from her and win the bet make up the rest of the plot. Finally, he succeeds in getting the photograph and winning the girl, but he gets involved in an attempted jewel theft, which he prevents but for which he is blamed.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsDouglas MacLeanMarguerite De La MotteRaymond HattonWealthy Bruce MacAllister is goaded by his fiancée, Helen Sumner, into proving that he is a man of action rather than a pampered youth. After telling his estate administrator, Eugene Preston, that he is going east for a meeting, Bruce dons a disguise and infiltrates the San Francisco, CA, underworld. Bruce is mistaken for master criminal "The Chicago Kid" and finds himself leading the gang in a robbery of his own fortune in diamonds. When he discovers Eugene's intention to steal the jewels for himself, the loot changes hands many times. Helen summons the police, the criminals are arrested, and Bruce wins her respect.
- DirectorWilliam ParkeStarsHerbert RawlinsonKalla PashaBeatrice BurnhamThe owner of a resort hotel promotes Tom Gwynne, a college boy working as a waiter, to manager. As a result of his mismanagement the hotel loses several thousand dollars. Tom inherits a million and buys the hotel to continue his experimental management, which is to give the employees time and opportunity for self-expression--to do what they like best to do. With the grounds full of acrobats, musicians, and dancers, the hotel goes bankrupt. The old manager returns, buys the hotel, but retains Tom--now that he has learned his lesson--as manager.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsViola DanaDavid ButlerEva NovakAfter being snubbed by the townspeople of Newboro, Martha Mason leaves town to make a name for herself. She returns seven years later as a famous celebrity and decides to donate a large sum to one of the town's civic organizations. Her gift is thwarted by Ben Colwell, who has political ambitions. Colwell has plans to marry Anne Paisley, daughter of the richest man in town. But when Colwell learns that Martha is worth $30 million, he turns his affections to her. She encourages him only to show him up in front of the whole town. Colwell's political ambitions are shattered, and a satisfied Martha leaves town.
- DirectorAlbert AustinStarsDean RiesnerVirginia PearsonEric MayneIn a fifteenth-century kingdom, Duke Roberto usurps the throne by poisoning King Lorenzo and abandoning the sole heir, Prince Gigi, in the wilderness. A troupe of Gypsy acrobats discover the infant prince, and their leader, Andrea, adopts him. Gigi becomes the troupe's star performer, but during a visit to the kingdom, he attempts to escape the abusive acrobats. The prince is recognized by the court physician and returned to the queen mother. Duke Roberto is punished for his crimes and the Gypsies are banished from the court.
- DirectorThomas N. HeffronStarsClara Kimball YoungLewis DaytonLouise Bates MortimerJoyce Addison, wife of an American attache in Madrid, looks to her painting as sole entertainment, as her husband neglects her for business. One night late, while driving, she meets and is robbed by a bandit who proves sufficiently chivalrous to see her home. She recognized in him a good subject for a painting, so persuades him to pose. This leads to a dangerous friendship and a trip to a notorious cafe where she is seen by an old friend. She sees the wisdom of giving up her bandit and, much to his unhappiness, tells him it is all impossible. Her husband overhears and determines to reform and be sweetheart as well as husband. Moving Picture World
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsEdna PurvianceClarence GeldertCarl MillerA kept woman runs into her former fiancé and finds herself torn between love and comfort.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsMarion DaviesT. Roy BarnesTom LewisAn extravagant girl reforms when her father goes bust.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsMilton SillsElliott DexterTheodore KosloffMichael Ramsay only has time for gathering his fortune in wheat. His wife seeks comfort elsewhere and, to avoid a scandal, her daughter Mathilda assumes her mother's guilt. Ramsay nearly goes broke but gets rich again; his wife returns.
- DirectorMax FleischmannAn expedition takes Cap'tain Kleinschmidt, his wife, and his crew from Seattle to the Yukon. Members of Cap'tain Kleinschmidts party get stranded on an ice floe. Film Footage also includes Eskimos and majestic glaciers
- DirectorJoseph FranzStarsWilliam RussellMaude WayneCharles K. FrenchBing Howard a former stockbroker, is called the "Night Wind" because he is a fugitive from justice, persistently being trailed by Clifford Rushton, a private detective who has framed Howard on a bond robbery. Rushton's failure to catch Howard forces the chief to turn the case over to Detective Katherine Maxwell, alias "Lady Kate," whose brother was sent to prison for bond robbery on the same evidence Rushton has brought against Howard. Lady Kate provides a temporary hideout for Howard, then proves that Rushton is guilty of both crimes.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsFlorence VidorClaude GillingwaterHarold GoodwinAlice (Florence Vidor) is not satisfied with her family's financial situation and tries to convince others that she comes from a wealthy family. In the end she discovers that she is only fooling herself and decides to go to work to help her father's failing business.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsArchie MayoStarsBuddy MessingerEddie BarrySadie Campbell13-year old Buddy (Buddy Messinger) woos his 12-year old girlfriend (Sadie Campbell) in this juvenile comedy vehicle for Messinger. Buddy uses his carriage led by Maudie (Maude, the Mule) to pick up the girl for a lunch date. Jealous of Buddy's attention to his girlfriend, Maudie decides to lie down instead of pull the carriage. When it's obvious that the animal won't behave, Maudie ends up inside of the girlfriend's house where her brother (Fred Spencer) unsuccessfully tries to get Maudie out of the dining room. Horrified guests look on as the animal wreaks havoc. The next act has Buddy at a bakery/restaurant owned by his father (Jack Henderson). Physical comedy scenes in the kitchen and Buddy serving as a busboy result in misadventures, including fun with pies. The film's final sequence finds Buddy having success as he uses a giant balloon to finally get some quality time with his girlfriend as they sail off to parts unknown.
- DirectorIrvin WillatStarsMalcolm McGregorBillie DoveLon ChaneyJoel Shore is made captain of the whaling schooner formerly headed by his courageous and admired brother, Mark, who was lost at sea. Accompanied by his bride, who suspects Joel to have a cowardly heart, they set sail for a whale hunt.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsWilliam NighLucille La VerneA French mother, who, rather than have a stigma on the record of her hero sons, who have given their lives, takes the life of the third in preference to surrendering him to his comrades as a deserter.
- DirectorHarry GarsonStarsElliott DexterHelen Jerome EddyLloyd WhitlockJohn Craig, while rummaging through an old trunk, is reminded of his first sweetheart, Mary Ellen Anderson. A flashback shows their childhood together, their association while working on a local newspaper, and her assistance in preventing swindler Stuffy Shade from framing John as the perpetrator of a fraudulent oil venture. John ultimately discovers oil on the land in question and becomes the town hero. His dream ends when his wife, Mary Ellen, enters the attic with their two children.
- DirectorJohn Griffith WrayThomas H. InceStarsBlanche SweetWilliam RussellGeorge F. MarionA troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What neither knows is that she has a secret that could cause her to lose both of them.
- DirectorTom FormanStarsColleen MooreKenneth HarlanRuth CliffordDanny O'Rourke, whose policeman father died a hero in the fulfillment of his duty, is training to become a member of the force. He is in love with Maggie Muldoon, who lives across the court. Miriam Welton, a girl of wealth, opens up a neighborhood clubhouse for the purpose of giving happiness to the poor. Her efforts are very poorly received, but she inveigles Danny to come to the club, and sends a beautiful hat to his sister as a gift. The hat gives Shannon the masculine attention which she craves and leads her to steal in order to be attractive. Danny fails to pass his examination, and is confronted with a demand for one thousand dollars to make good his sister's thefts. He takes part in a prize fight in order to get the money, but is badly beaten. On reaching home, however, he learns that there was an error in the marking of his paper, so he is eligible to be a policeman. Though bruised he is happy, and he finally wins Maggie, the girl of his heart.
- DirectorTom FormanStarsMadge BellamyLloyd HughesTom SantschiCoddled by his maiden aunts and apparently unable to make decisions, Oliver Wendell Blaine signs up for a mail-order course in "Success." Oliver follows the instructions step by step, builds his self-confidence, and proves himself a hero when a log jam threatens the town. He is made river boss and marries Phyllis Thorpe, daughter of the owner of the lumber-mill.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonRobert F. HillStarsWilliam DesmondLaura La PlanteWilliam De VaullThe adventures of Phineas Fogg the 3rd, grandson of the famous globe trotter of Jules Verne fame, in his effort to go around the world in 18 days to get proxies from widely scattered stockholders of an international fuel company, which is headed by Fogg's sweetheart's father. Unless Fogg obtains the proxies in time, Brenton, the vice-president, will seize control of the company at the next Board meeting which occurs on the 19th. It is then the first of the month. Brenton wagers Fogg $100,000 that he cannot make the trip in time.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsRobert FrazerGladys HuletteFrank LoseeSherry Mason, the playboy son of wealthy parents, lives a life of self-indulgence until he meets Nadia Meredith, the daughter of a poor bookseller. Smitten with her, he asks her to marry him but she refuses, detecting an evil streak hidden beneath his surface. He heads to Paris with his father's crooked business partner, where they get mixed up in a murder and Mason must flee back to the US, where he once again runs into Nadia under an entirely different set of circumstances.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsNorma TalmadgeConway TearleWallace BeeryWhen Empress Catherine of France launches an attack on French Protestants known as Huguenots, the Comte de la Roche saves the life of his enemy, the Huguenot Rupert de Vrieac, by making him an indentured servant in his castle. Rupert falls in love with Yolande, the count's sister, and finds that his rival for the fair Yolande's hand is none other than the despicable Duc de Tours, a notorious torturer of Huguenots.
- DirectorAshton DearholtStarsEdmund CobbHelene RossonWilbur McGaughTwo prospectors are partners in a gold claim, but are both in love with the same girl. One partner suggests that they play a game of cards, and the loser gives up the girl and the claim, but when he loses the game he decides to change the rules.
- DirectorEdward SlomanStarsEdith RobertsAlfred LuntWilliam B. MackAs has his family for generations, André de Mersay rules the little town of St. Croix, Maine, and its surrounding lumber interests. While thinking of his granddaughter, Yvonne, who is returning from France, André recalls the story of his namesake ancestor who, in the time of Louis XV of France, was cruelly separated from his sweetheart, Yvonne de Chausson, and exiled to America. When Yvonne arrives she is told by Anthony Bracken, de Mersay's business manager, that her grandfather is seriously ill and may see no one. The arrival of John Thorne and his efforts to open up a tract of lumber long intended to be worked by the de Mersays further infuriate Yvonne. After much conflict and danger to Yvonne and John, it is revealed that de Mersay died sometime ago; that Bracken and his partner, Doc Roper, were embezzling de Mersay funds; and that John Thorne is descended from Yvonne de Chausson. Yvonne and John are united, thus fulfilling a promise centuries old.
- DirectorFinis FoxStarsGloria GreyJohn RocheCarmelita GeraghtyCountry girl Hope Anthony follows Hal Tracy to the city, where she becomes involved in a jewel theft after a criminal named Jathrow Billings mistakes her handbag for a satchel of jewels he stole from the wealthy Mrs. Marian Cooper. Hal solves the mystery and keeps Hope out of jail.
- DirectorWebster CullisonStarsEdmund CobbFlorence GilbertAshton DearholtA Secret Service agent on the trail of a gang of outlaws, enters a cattle community as a stranger, and rescues a young rancher from an ambush. A jealous woman who was rejected by the rancher, who was romancing another girl, had sent her henchmen out to kill him, however, the culprits are members of the same gang the agent was assigned to bring to justice.
- DirectorStuart PatonStarsWallace BeeryEstelle TaylorForrest StanleyA battle of wills develops between two Russian revolutionaries, one of whom wants to destroy everything connected with the old order, and the other of whom wants to accomplish his goals with as little bloodshed as possible.
- DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsWilliam DesmondEileen SedgwickWilliam GouldPhilip Grant attempts to reclaim five million dollars in gold stolen from his fathers' steamer by a submarine.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsPola NegriConway TearleConrad NagelBella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi.
- DirectorNeal HartStarsNeal HartCharles BrinleyWilliam QuinnPierre Jacques, a French Canadian fugitive from justice, rules a town on the Mexican side of the border. Chuck Watson, his thieving confederate, frames Texas cowboy King Calhoun on a cattle-rustling charge. King is given a chance to prove his innocence by leading the sheriff to Pierre Jacque and Chuck. Meanwhile, the Northwest Mounted Police and the Mexican Rurales have also learned of the outlaws' whereabouts. The three-cornered chase ends in the capture of the bandits and the liberation of King, who finds romance with Pierre Jacques's adopted daughter, Jean.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsTom MooreEdith RobertsRaymond HattonWhen gangster Jimmy Donovan is made guardian of Midge, the 7-year-old brother of his friend Big Ben Murray, he decides to reform and rear Midge properly. The court takes custody of Midge, but Donovan proves himself by recovering a payroll stolen by some of his ex-colleagues, thereby winning Midge and Kitty, his girl.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBuck JonesMarian NixonBen Hendricks Jr.Big Dan returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys' camp and begins to train boxers.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCorinne GriffithConway TearleTom RickettsA Manhattan playboy falls in love with a mysterious European woman whom he notices as an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first, he thinks it's just pure coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he's currently romancing is much younger than the woman who vanished years before, but he soon starts to believe that it's not such a coincidence after all.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsHoot GibsonEsther RalstonMathilde BrundageGeoffrey Arbuthnot Islip " Blinky " (Hoot Gibson), the bespectacled son of Col. "Raw Meat" Islip, is scorned by his fellow cavalrymen stationed on the Mexican border because his previous military experience was as a Boy Scout. He redeems himself by rescuing Major Kileen's daughter Mary Lou (Esther Ralston), from kidnappers, following their trail in Boy Scout fashion.
- DirectorDon MarquisStarsDick HattonNelson McDowellWilliam F. MoranAn outlaw decides to hang up his guns and lead the "straight" life. His foster son falls for the daughter of a wealthy estate owner. The crooked manager of the estate wants the girl for himself--so he can control the estate when the father dies--and tells the father that the boy is an outlaw's son. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsWarner BaxterRalph LewisDerelys PerdueJack Dunbar, needing a job, meets millionaire Nicholas Small, who gives him advice and presents him as a colleague. Small would like his daughter, Anne, to marry inventor Gillen Jolyon. Dunbar perfects and successfully demonstrates Jolyon's wireless power transmitting device in spite of Small's attempts to sabotage it, and he rescues Anne when she is caught in an electric power fracas caused by her father's villainy. Anne breaks her engagement with Jolyon and marries Dunbar.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGloria SwansonHuntley GordonCharles GreeneMona deBriac, the beautiful daughter of a French nobleman, is induced to marry wealthy American John Brandon because her family needs his money. When she learns that her husband has divorced seven wives, she becomes so angry that she tries to force Brandon, who really loves her, into another divorce. Brandon refuses to release her, and they are finally reconciled.
- DirectorScott R. DunlapStarsWilliam RussellEva NovakFrank BrownleeBoston Blackie, just released from prison, threatens the warden, Benton, that he will have him removed from his job for using the water cross, a form of torture, on prisoners. Blackie's sweetheart, Mary Carter, helps him avoid this torture after his return to prison. The officers pursue Blackie, capture him, and bring him back to Benton, but Mary reports to the governor, and they arrive in time to save Blackie from further torments by bringing his pardon. Benton is fired.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsBen AlexanderRockliffe FellowesHenry B. WalthallA wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any more with the father's relentlessness and heavy-handed treatment; she leaves and takes Bill with her. The father must decide what's more important--maintaining his iron discipline over his family, or his family itself.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsMonte BlueMarie PrevostHarry MyersWith her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her husband and child.
- DirectorLynn ReynoldsStarsWilliam FarnumWanda HawleyTom SantschiStephen "Flash" Lanning returns from the east to help a sheriff out west rid the town of cattle rustlers. He falls for a pretty hotel clerk named Gloria Hallowell, but she believes he in love with Ellen Bosworth, a woman from the east. Ellen discovers that a friend of hers, Clearwater, is a cattle rustler. She informs Lanning. Campan, head of the cattle rustlers, kidnaps Gloria and Ellen and takes them into the desert. They are caught in a sandstorm, but Lanning rescues the two women and leaves Campan. Gloria marries Lanning.
- DirectorHunt StrombergStarsCarrie Clark WardBull MontanaKalla PashaThe O'Tooles inherit a fortune and move to Pasadena where they try to break into society by having lavish dinner parties. The guests are stunned by the O'Tooles' manners, and they leave when the "Pittsburgh Kid" and his Bowery wife, Yvonne, uninvited guests, arrive.
- DirectorWebster CampbellStarsDoris KenyonHarrison FordEdmund BreeseAn innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a ruthless Broadway producer. At first she's dazzled by the producer's surface charm as well as those bright lights the title refers to, but eventually gets a dose of reality (after accidentally becoming involved in a murder and a race against time to save a condemned man). The film also includes a truly hair-raising train crash.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary CarrPercy MarmontGladys LeslieNellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family. Looking for ways to make more money, she begins to write plays and sells them to a Hollywood producer, who expresses interest not only in her plays but possibly in re-starting her career.
- DirectorJ. Gordon CooperEdward DillonStarsElaine HammersteinElliott DexterKathlyn WilliamsA chorus girl goes out on a date with a rich man, but later that night he is murdered. Although she didn't do it, she doesn't want to be suspected of the crime by the police, so she marries a wealthy but very ill man who believes he will soon die and wants to leave her all his money. Complications ensue.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsColleen MooreJohnnie WalkerAlice LakeThe story of a young actress trying to attain stardom on Broadway.
- DirectorColin CampbellStarsDustin FarnumArline PrettyLéon BaryWhile mining in Alaska, Kit Carew is notified that his friend Frank Farfax has died in England and left him a fortune. When he arrives in England he discovers that Farfax's stepbrothers want the inheritance for themselves and will do whatever it takes to get it. Matters are complicated further for Kit when he falls in love with Farfax's stepsister Blanche Cavendish.
- DirectorStuart PatonStarsRoy StewartLaura La PlanteHarold GoodwinDavid Darby and his younger brother Ross are both members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ross is accused of murdering Slip Martin, but David doesn't believe his brother committed the murder and, not wanting to see him executed, takes the blame himself. However, information surfaces that seems to indicate Ross might have indeed killed Martin, and also that dance-hall girl Mary Malcolm knows who actually did commit the murder.
- DirectorFred JackmanStarsJack MulhallWalter LongSidney D'AlbrookBuck, a young Saint Bernard, is stolen from his home in England and shipped to Canada where he is used on a dogsled. He is treated badly until John Thornton, a prospector, befriends him. Buck takes the opportunity to rescue Thornton when his life is endangered. Finally, he settles down to the pleasures of family life.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn GilbertGertrude OlmsteadAlan HaleWrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsEthel ClaytonMuriel Frances DanaKate LesterMary Grant, whose husband was killed in the war, has to support herself and her young son Tom by working in a cabaret because her husband's parents disapprove of and won't help her--but they want to adopt Tom. Complications ensue.
- DirectorVal PaulStarsHarry CareyMarguerite ClaytonFred R. StantonBob goes west in search of the man who framed him. On the train he meets his former sweetheart, May, who is now engaged to Jim Harper, and learns that they are on their way to a mining camp near Canyon of the Fools. Agreeing to help the sheriff capture some bandits, Bob goes into a mine cave in which some gold has been hidden. He discovers Jim Harper to be the man he has sought, and after many adventures he rescues May and rounds up the gang. He is rewarded with May's love and the gold.
- DirectorHugh DierkerStarsJames O. BarrowsFritzi BrunettePeter BurkeLaura Parker, a young wife, is being pursued by an old college sweetheart, wealthy Martin Sheldon, who doesn't care that she's married. Sheldon is unaware that his daughter Ruth--who is married to a young lawyer--has fallen for "Count" Lorenz, a criminal, and plans to leave her husband for him. Complications ensue.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsKatherine MacDonaldJ. Gunnis DavisJ. Gordon RussellA young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is to go the "vamp" route, although in her private life she's nothing like her on-screen character. She gets the recognition she wants, but for the wrong reason--she finds herself in the middle of a notorious society scandal.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJohnnie WalkerPauline GaronLloyd HughesYoung Terwilliger, an orphan boy in New York City, "adopts" Old Archer, the caretaker of Gramercy Park, after the man is arrested for beating Terwiliger for picking a flower for his dead mother. As Terwilliger grows up, he falls in love with Helen Raymond, a pretty neighborhood girl, but finds a rival for her in Harvey Livermore. When World War I breaks out both boys enlist in the army and are sent to the front lines. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJerome StormStarsTheodore KosloffRicardo CortezRobert CainBabs Weston agrees to marry adventurer Richard Forestall before his hasty departure, accepting his ring and promising to be faithful. Richard returns to find that his fiancée has become a "victim of jazz" and is engaged to two other men, one of whom is not yet divorced. He leaves Babs and visits his parents on their island in the Caribbean Sea, where, by coincidence, Babs and some of her thrill-seeking friends become stranded. Richard proceeds to reform the young wastrels by giving them useful occupations, and wins Babs over to a more healthful life.
- DirectorEdwin L. HollywoodStarsFred EricPaul McAllisterHoward TruesdaleThe story of Columbus' seven year struggle to gain backing for his voyage to America. Previous ventures to the North American continent by Asians, Phoenicians and Norsemen are also acknowledged.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJackie CooganBarbara TennantRussell SimpsonOrphan Toby Tyler runs away from his cruel uncle and joins a circus to work as lemonade boy. When a little girl who rides horses bareback becomes ill, Toby saves her from getting fired by putting on a dress and wig and taking her place. After a series of similar misadventures, his talent is discovered, and Toby becomes the star clown.
- StarsGloria JoyJoe McCray
- DirectorArthur RossonStarsMildred DavisCarl MillerUnable to pay the extra fare, The Girl--returning home after failing to make good in the city--bundles her pet dog to look like a baby. On the train the dog is mistaken for a kidnapped baby, and The Girl is left with the real baby. The presence of the baby coupled with the extraordinary explanation causes The Girl's guardians to doubt her and the town to ring with gossip. The original kidnappers, who have followed her home, attempt to retrieve the baby, and The Girl, discovered fainting in the arms of The Man who befriended her on the train, is turned out of her home. The Man loses his job for shielding The Girl. Just as they are being marched to the outskirts of town to be tarred and feathered, the guardians arrive with the real parents to claim the baby. The Girl marries her protector.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsClara Kimball YoungHuntley GordonCarol HollowayCordelia Marlowe comes from a society family that has lost its fortune. She falls into the clutches of D.K. Franklin, a crooked lawyer who specializes in blackmail, and finds herself involved in Franklin's scheme to extort money from a family friend. She sets out to protect her friend's money and expose Franklin for the thief he is.
- DirectorRalph InceRoy SheldonStarsJoe KingMarian SwayneNorma LeeMary Shelly, the sole support for her invalid brother and sister, is courted by a mysterious stranger who offers to solve her financial problems. Her brother produces a large amount of money, which Mary applies to the mortgage on their home before she realizes it is counterfeit. She bets the remaining cash on a horse race, only to lose it all. Although she is in love with Richard Wayne, the desperate young woman agrees to marry the stranger. Richard reveals himself to be an agent of the U.S. Secret Service and the mystery man to be the leader of the counterfeiters. After bringing his rival to justice, Richard takes Mary as his wife.
- DirectorVal PaulStarsHarry CareyCullen LandisMyrtle StedmanRancher Jim Blake narrowly escapes being gored by an angry bull, thanks to his partner, Saunders, who loses the use of his legs as a result. Celia and her daughter, Diane, arrive at the ranch in response to Jim's advertisement for a wife. Although Jim declines Celia's offer, he allows her and Diane to stay at the ranch. Cons Saunders blames his father's condition on Jim and partners with a dancer named Gracia, who seeks revenge against the rancher because he is oblivious to her charms. She plots with Cons to steal Jim's cattle, leaving him unable to repay the money he owes his Uncle Benedict. When Uncle Benedict is murdered, Cons and Blake blame each other, until it is discovered that Gracia is the culprit. Saunders recovers under Celia's care, and Jim finds love with Diane.
- DirectorHarry MoodyStarsJack LivingstonEdith HallA Ranger goes after a gang of drug smugglers, and it turns out that the gang's leader had kidnapped the girl the Ranger loves.
- DirectorClifford S. ElfeltStarsJ.B. WarnerEdythe SterlingMartha McKayCircumstances over which he has no control force Larry Crawford to accept a job from Grace Miller, on whom he has previously cast eyes of affection. Grace is the young and beautiful owner of a ranch, Larry a cowpuncher by trade, and the latter is considerably puzzled by the situation into which Fate has thrust him. But eventually he wanders away into the desert and there discovers a lonesome baby which he takes in charge, and after numerous complications ensue, succeeds in procuring a mother and home for the child. He gets mixed up in a scrap over a gold mine and becomes the possessor of an important map. The result of his laudable exertions is that Larry finds himself in the unpleasant position of a perfectly innocent chap whom everyone looks on as a dastardly abductor and all-around scoundrel. But fickle fortune finally changes, his innocence is proved and he wins Grace's esteem and love.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsViola DanaClaude GillingwaterJohn BowersRaised in a secluded area of North Carolina by her grandfather, Colonel Charles E. Cavanaugh, Miss Emmy Lou lives in ignorance of the outside world. She ventures out of her narrow valley to visit Mrs. Kate Wimbleton, and despite her outdated style of dress, she is a great success with the young male guests, especially Davis Jordan and Augustus Biddle. Emmy Lou immerses herself in the modern world during her stay with the Wimbletons, then returns home upon learning that the colonel is ill. Her two suitors follow, and Emmy Lou is unable to decide between them. Colonel Cavanaugh stages a duel, loading each of the pistols with blank cartridges. Augustus cheats, compelling Emmy Lou to choose Davis.
- DirectorRobert F. HillStarsThomas CarriganLaura La PlanteTom GuiseReformed criminal Boston Blackie is outraged when a judge refuses to grant a pardon for a dying friend. He hires Norine, his now-dead friend's daughter, to get to the judge through his son Rudy. However, things don't work out quite as Blackie had planned.
- DirectorKing BaggotStarsGladys WaltonGeorge StewartTom GuiseMarcel Murphy, a telephone operator with society aspirations, overhears Mrs. Margaret Benson's conversation describing a party she is planning for her son, Ralph, and wangles an invitation by imitating the hostess's voice. At the party, a maid accuses Marcel of stealing another guest's jewelry, but Mr. Benson creates an alibi for Marcel, claiming she is the daughter of an old friend. He then secretly rents a hotel suite for her. Complications reach a climax when Ralph, Mrs. Benson, and Marcel's parents arrive at the hotel at the same time and find the young woman alone with Mr. Benson. Matters are explained, and Ralph asks Marcel to be his wife.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBuck JonesMarian NixonBrooks BenedictAndy McGee joins the fire-department with intentions of becoming as good a fireman as his father who died in the line of duty. While on duty in the theatre district, Andy meets Agnes Evans, a specialty dancer and Cupid shoots an arrow into his heart, but disillusion and pain follow when he learns she is the wife of a worthless drunk. Later, a fire breaks out in the Evans home and, after rescuing Agnes, Andy must make the decision whether or not to risk his life to go back into the inferno to rescue Bill Evans, crazed by liquor and responsible for the fire.
- DirectorCharles R. SeelingStarsGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsBill PattonJ.P. McKeeYoung cowboy Cyclone Jones falls for pretty Sylvia Billings, who with her sheep-rancher father has just come to town. However, his pursuit of Sylvia runs into some roadblocks, mainly the hostility of the local cattle ranchers to "sheepmen" like her father, whose sheep they believe ravage the range and leave it unusable for their cattle to graze on and who are determined to drive the new arrivals out of town.
- DirectorE. Mason HopperStarsJackie CooganArthur Edmund CareweJosie SedgwickUnfounded jealousy causes the wife of Paul Savelli, a famous musician, to leave him taking their baby to her old friends the Holdens, who raise him after her untimely death. Poverty overtakes the Holdens and their home is sold. Jackie, to help them, runs away to the city and makes friends with a former celebrated musician who is down and out. Jackie's father, who was a pupil of the old musician, returns from a world tour. Jackie succeeds in bringing the two together, and when the old man dies, Savellle takes Jackie home with him. A picture of Jackie's mother brings out the fact that Jackie is Savelli's son, and all ends happily with Jackie and his father buying back the old farm for the Holdens.
- DirectorClifford S. ElfeltStarsJ.B. WarnerLillian HackettJune LaVereDavid Collins, a westerner, in search of a 'silhouette girl' with whom he has fallen in love under mysterious circumstances, is appointed guardian to Nan Higgins, an orphan. He entrusts her to a neighbor, who maltreats her. In his business ventures Dave has run across a gang of crooks who swear to get him and come within an ace of doing so, but for the timely interference of Nan, the conqueror of his heart.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsRichard TalmadgeHelene RossonJ.P. LockneyBruce Randall is injured after a fight with Mortimer, who has attempted to rob his home, and is reported dead by the police. They bury a man they believe to be Bruce, while Bruce wanders about, unable to recall his past. Two crook lawyers find him, hire him to impersonate Bruce so as to get some pearls in the Randall mansion, and Mrs. Randall believes he is really her husband. He regains his memory in time to defeat the crooks and save his wife's happiness.
- DirectorAlan JamesStarsIrene RichTully MarshallNoah BeeryNorthwest Mounted Policeman Roland St. Clair falls in love with entertainer Grace Alderson while pursuing a gang of opium smugglers. However, Grace is betrothed to her employer, dance hall proprietor Steve Bradley, who is in league with gang members Jean Le Fere and Wang. Braving a blinding snowstorm, Roland pursues the smugglers across the U.S. border and captures them in Wang's opium den. The Mountie is aided in his efforts by Grace, who reveals herself to be a Secret Service agent.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsDorothy DaltonRobert EllisJosé RubenLong Island socialite Ruth Rutherford, crippled as a result of being thrown from a horse, breaks her engagement to Lord Wallington. Dejected, Wallie returns to his regiment in Egypt and sinks into dissipation. Ruth hears of his plight and also goes to Egypt, where she meets Dr. Mohammed Ali. Ali cures her lameness in return for Ruth's agreeing to become his wife, but Biskra, Ruth's servant, kills Ali before he can collect. Even from death Ali's power over Ruth returns her to her wheelchair until she jumps up to save Wallington from an attack feigned by Biskra.
- DirectorAlbert PlummerStarsAlta VeraAudrey BerryHarlan KnightTwo sisters and brother are persecuted by a wealthy man who was spurned by their mother. On the eve of the older sister's wedding, this man brings about a compromising situation, and the two girls go away to a nearby city, where they exist in poverty. The persecution continues, however. The blind sister is turned into the streets and the older sister framed up on a theft charge, but the arrival of the girl's sweetheart straightens out the tangle, aided by a kindly scissor-grinder.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsMiriam CooperGaston GlassEthel ShannonMaud Barhyte visits Paris with her fiancé, Gerald Welden, and her father. Sally Malakoff, Welden's childhood sweetheart whose marriage to the Duke Malakoff was arranged by her ambitious and title-hungry mother, entertains the three as her guests. By a series of misunderstandings Sally disrupts relations between Welden and his fiancée, causing Maud to return to America. Sally divorces the duke, and Welden, thinking Maud no longer loves him, marries Sally. Later, Welden discovers Sally's maneuverings and denounces her. Now an unhappy drug addict, Sally commits suicide, sending confessions to Maud exonerating Welden, already imprisoned on suspicion of murdering his wife. Maud presents the papers to police authorities, freeing Welden.
- DirectorEmile ChautardStarsDerelys PerdueWyndham StandingGrace DarmondRuth Holt is private secretary to Elwood Adams, a young architect. She is just the opposite to Adams' wife, who is indolent and a spendthrift, to which faults Adams, in his love for her, is blind. A lounge lizard with whom Mrs. Adams is friendly fans a jealous flame against Ruth. In a business crisis Ruth is introduced by Adams as his wife to Amos Martin, a banker. The lounge lizard informs Mrs. Adams and she denounces Ruth. A series of complicated events follow, terminating in Ruth reuniting the Adams couple and marrying the banker.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsHoot GibsonRobert McKimHarry Carter"Katy" Didd is in love with Alice, but her guardian wishes her to marry Tetlow, an influential man in town. Katy knows Alice will be unhappy with Tetlow, and decides to win her by force. While Alice is on her way to meet Tetlow for the wedding, Katy holds up the stage and kidnaps her. Tetlow suspects Katy and has him captured and taken to the desert to die. Katy escapes, and returns to town just in time to stop the wedding ceremony. He gallops into the church and carries Alice off with him.
- DirectorLouis ChaudetStarsMonte BlueIrene RichTully MarshallScarred across his face after a burning home rescue of his girlfriend Beth Alden, Jack Fenton is rewarded by her father with a teller job in his bank. As the years go on, Jack and Beth fall in love and marriage is contemplated. However, Mr. Alden prefers the bank Vice president, Wilkens, and tries to discourage Jack. Another Teller, Harris, secretly embezzles money and frames Jack, who is put on trial. Though he's found innocent, he's still discharged. Wrongly convinced that Beth has lost interest in him, he leaves town, only to get into another fiery accident. At the hospital, a doctor experimenting in plastic surgery fixes Jack up perfectly. Jack sees his opportunity for revenge on the town that treated him so badly by returning, unrecognizable in his new face.
- DirectorVal PaulStarsHarry CareyMarguerite ClaytonGeorge WaggnerBob Gaunt is wrongfully convicted of murder and escapes from prison through the desert. He finds employment on a ranch owned by Yorke, who believes the young man is innocence and conceals his identity. Bob soon becomes ranch foreman, and falls in love with Yorke's daughter, Mary. Former prison physician and drug trafficker Dr. Otis Craydon, the son of a neighboring rancher, is also in love with Mary, and tries to eliminate his rival by effecting Bob's recapture. Bob makes a second escape but is exonerated when the real murderer confesses.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsJack HoxieFrank RiceEvelyn NelsonKincade shoots Baird and takes the map to his gold mine. Sutherland finds the dying Baird who tells him the mine's location. Kincade, having lost the map, now goes after the gold Sutherland has taken out of the mine.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsMarguerite De La MotteJohn BowersEstelle TaylorSociety children Madalyn Harlan and Bob Elkins separate the day they are to be married. Madalyn marries her chauffeur, Jerry, while Bob falls in love with unsophisticated Ruth Cassell and, after careful consideration, marries her. Madalyn's marriage is unhappy, ending in a double suicide after Madalyn's parents disown her and Jerry's family proves to be lower class.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsLeah BairdJohn BowersNoah BeeryHugh Whittaker believes he is terminally ill, and, as an act of mercy, weds a young woman named Mary, who has been deserted by her lover. He travels to Europe, recovers his health, and returns to New York City, where he meets and falls in love with musical star Sara Law, unaware that she is actually his wife. Sara is abducted by kidnappers and Hugh undertakes a harrowing rescue before discovering her true identity.
- DirectorChester BennettStarsEarle WilliamsBeatrice BurnhamOtis HarlanWealthy shipowner James Bellamy decides to punish his carefree son, Bob, by forcing him to pay his $5,000 in debts by working as a $50-a-month supercargo. In a card game, Bob wins a runaway Persian cat, which is wearing a $30,000 diamond bracelet. Not realizing their value, he gives both cat and bracelet to Consuela Velasco, a girl he meets in Mexico. Back in San Francisco, he learns the true value of the bracelet and returns to Mexico just as Consuela is about to marry against her will. Bob carries off the girl, cat, and bracelet; gets the reward; and is reconciled with his father.
- DirectorChester BennettStarsJane NovakJohn BowersJames CorriganWhile Jane and Jim Parker witness the divorce proceedings of Jane's parents, the George Reeds, they resolve that such a disaster will never occur in their happy lives. But when Jim achieves success in Reed's company, he becomes increasingly interested in his new fast friends, especially vamp Gloria Gayne; and he asks Jane for a divorce. At Jane's request, Reed fires his son-in-law, and Jim finds himself deserted by his friends. He returns home, repentant, to his forgiving wife.
- DirectorCharles HoranStarsHope HamptonRobert T. HainesFlorence ShortJohn Weston leaves his wife and kids to marry adventuress Doris Clark and loses his mind when he realizes his mistake.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsJoseph J. DowlingMiles McCarthyMay WallaceWhen oil is discovered just outside a small New England town, the residents go wild at the prospect of newfound wealth, and they invest their money with the head of the venture, a young man named Bruce Merlin. However, young Jim Biggers, an engineering student, senses that something is not quite right with the project and starts his own investigation into it.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsJack HoxieEmmett KingElinor Field"Pep" Pepper is a romantic young cowboy whose propensity for daydreaming costs him his job. After reading the classic novel "Don Quixote", he decides to follow in that character's footsteps, but things take a wrong turn when he intervenes in a saloon fight in which the owner is killed, and Pep gets blamed for it. He escapes but must find the real killer and clear his name. On his search he finds his own Dulcinea--a wealthy cattleman's daughter named Tulip, who has been kidnapped by a bandit gang.