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Society matron Mrs. Fanshaw Renwick entertains lavishly at her posh home. Living with her are her two daughters, Phillipa, a madcap eighteen-year-old, and her married sister Errica who is having an affair with Ralli, a designing South American. When Captain Chantry arrives with an impressive letter of introduction, Mrs. Renwick welcomes him while Phillipa falls in love with him. On the night of the masquerade party, Phillipa induces Chantry to take her to the party in disguise, because her mother will not permit her to attend. The captain, in reality a jewel thief, readily complies, believing it will provide him with the perfect opportunity to steal Mrs. Renwick's famous pearls. Chantry's scheme succeeds, and in the midst of the excitement over the missing pearls, Phillipa decides to substitute herself for her married sister at Errica's rendezvous with Ralli, in the hope of breaking up their affair. Errica begs Chantry to save Phillipa from Ralli's designs; and the thief, who has fallen in love with the madcap younger sister, risks capture to rescue her from the South American's yacht. After saving Phillipa, Chantry confesses his crime, returns the pearls, and vows to lead a clean life thereafter. Phillipa, forgiving his past, promises to wait for him.
Gertie Jones, known among other thieves as "The Chatterbox" because she talks to herself while she works, becomes a rich woman's French maid after learning about her employer's $40,000 diamond necklace. To cover up the scratches l...
Harvey Fiske, with an inherent streak of cowardice, is a newcomer at Childs' ranch. He introduces himself to Mr. Childs, his niece Anne, and Tom Beckett. Tom bears a silent love for Anne; she admires young Fiske. Harvey asks her to marry him and gains the consent of her uncle. After their marriage, the Mexican, who threatened Fiske, returns and demands a loan of fifty dollars from him, which he grants, plainly showing he is afraid to refuse. The "Greaser" again threatens him. Anne defies him and drives him from the house. His fellow citizens elect Fiske sheriff. He is told a bandit is lurking in the vicinity whom he must arrest at once. Fiske is seized with fear and refuses to go. Anne's suppressed feeling of contempt arouses her to a determination to hide her husband's "yellow streak" by taking the bandit herself. She runs him down and in exchange of shots, kills him, and makes her husband take the dead man to town, claiming for himself the capture of the robber. His friends and neighbors are proud of him. Anne, in a state of collapse, watches from her home the honor which she has brought to her husband, rather than have a blot upon the escutcheon of her family.
Struggling Greenwich Village artist Jerry marries studio helper and aspiring playwright Jane Judd, knowing that she will not interfere with his work. She takes part in a pageant for which Jerry designs the costumes and attracts th...
Charles Howard, a young artist in " In The Folly's Trail, " is induced by a friend to attend a week-end party, given by a millionaire social bounder named Max Goldberg. At this event he joins in the general round of elaborate dinners, masquerade dances and the like. He meets a girl singer named Lita O' Farrell, a friend of Goldberg's. The host of the occasion really loves Lita, but she is uncertain of her regard for him. Lita is attracted to Howard and he to her. Though both are doubtful of the outcome, they marry. Howard cannot endure Lita's lack of breeding and she resents his cold, superior attitude. They quarrel frequently and she offers him a chance for a divorce by deliberately going back to Goldberg. Howard, stung by his jealousy, follows, threatening to kill Goldberg. The latter assures him no harm has come to Lita. He finds her and she tells him of her coming child. They determine to make another effort to live happily together. - The Moving Picture World, 1920.
When the third partner in their small Cape Cod trading business dies, Shad Gould and Zoeth Hamilton adopt his little daughter Mary-'Gusta. After several years, the two old salts decide that Mary should be properly educated and send her to an exclusive school in Boston, telling her that her father left her a large fortune. In Boston, Mary meets Crawford Smith, but their happiness together is threatened when she learns that he is the son of Edgar Fuller (alias Smith), a scoundrel who had run off with Zoeth's wife and stolen his money.
Mildred Manning, known as Middy, is an apprentice in Madame Lizette's fashionable shop. Her beauty is discovered by Madame's brother, George Martin, and she is made a model. One afternoon, she tries on a rejected bathing suit and by adding a touch here and there, makes it into a beautiful creation. Madame then sends her to the beach to carry out a clever advertising scheme. At the shore, Middy is pursued by a reporter and photographer, who have been commissioned by Madame to photograph the girl for calendar advertising. In her flight from the publicity men, Mildred takes refuge in a car owned by lawyer Philip Gordon, who gets into the vehicle and drives off with Middy. Middy has him drop her off where she doesn't live, and he ends up having to try to track her down.
Leona Williard works in a millinery shop in a small town while dreaming of going to New York and marrying a wealthy man. An inheritance of five thousand dollars turns her dream into a reality, and Leona goes to the city where she meets Mrs. Geraldine De Forest, an old friend of her mother's who introduces Leona to a wealthy widower named Frazer Boynton. Boynton proposes to the girl, but Leona refuses because she is in love with Jasper Halroyd. Mrs. De Forest, who is secretly in love with Jasper, lies to Leona that he is her lover. Horrified, Leona accepts Boynton's proposal, but later, after Jasper saves Leona from drowning, she realizes that she still loves him.
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A short Western about a bandit who saves the daughter of the sheriff.