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- A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.
- 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.
- Bart Andrews loves well-to-do society girl Ann Wesley, but reproaches her for her frivolity, believing that she conceals a better self within her personality. Her fortune is lost in a stock-market panic, and she retires.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jees Uck, a half-breed maiden desired by Chatanna, chief of the tribe with which she lives, defies tribal law by getting medicine from the trading post for the sick child of her friend, Inigo. Nashinta, the medicine man, defends her against the chief. Chatanna kills Nashinta and puts the blame on Jees Uck, who flees into the arms of Neil Bonner, trading post manager, who loves her. The post is attacked, but Jees Uck surrenders to save her white friends. Neil finds evidence against the chief, delivers him to the authorities, and marries Jees Uck.
- 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.
- Captain Musgrove, the brutal lord of a South Sea island, prevents the natives from participating in his pearl-diving enterprise. When Tagu, son of the native chief, is penalized by the captain for poaching, he avenges himself by attempting to kill Frederico, Musgrove's chief diver. Although Frederico is determined to marry the captain's daughter, Ethel, she prefers a beachcomber named Jean. During an experimental dive, Jean and Frederico discover a treasure chest and decide to conceal their find from Musgrove. However, as they return to shore, Frederico abandons Jean when he is trapped by a giant clam. As Frederico is about to marry Ethel, Jean emerges from the ocean and punishes his rival. Jean wins Ethel and becomes the new chief diver.
- 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.
- Helen Dobson, an art student traveling in Arabia with her father, wishes to paint the portrait of Sheik Hammid Zayad, but the Arab explains that the custom of his country does not permit it. Against the advice of her father and Steve Kinard, a Texas cowboy employed to buy horses, Helen accepts the sheik's invitation to visit his camp, where he promises to show her treasures to satisfy her interest in the picturesque. Helen's horse returns riderless. Suspecting that the sheik is holding her against her will, Steve and Mr. Dobson, after several adventures, rescue Helen.
- Michael Cardigan is an American patriot in the months before the American Revolution. He fights to broker a peace deal between settlers and the Cayuga tribe and almost loses his life in the process. Despite the fact that he loves Silver Heels, the ward of the British governor, Michael joins with the famed Minute Men to plot revolution and, he hopes, a free American nation.
- Phillip Griswold kidnaps his brother William's daughter for ransom, and frames Christmas tree peddler Pietro Balletti for it. In the course of hunting for Pietro, William accidentally kills the Italian's daughter.
- Lumberman Dave Malkern fires drunk brother Jim for dereliction of duty. Jim seeks revenge by dynamiting the sawmill.
- After serving time in Sing Sing, for which he was unjustly sentenced, and encouraged by two "sharpers," Richard Goodloe returns to the home of his wealthy southern mother in dread fear that she and Virginia Sanders should learn of his prison record--a fear which is constantly nurtured by his rival, Con Arnold. Richard enlists the aid of his two friends to help Dixie, his mother's horse, win the Kentucky Derby. Realizing Dixie's inability to do so, they substitute Calamity Jane's Lightnin', which does win the race. Arnold exposes the substitution and Richard's past, but his triumph is interrupted by a detective, who arrests Arnold for past crimes.
- Barbara Hastings, a hostess in an Adirondacks resort, settles the rivalry between artist Stanley Roberts and banker Ralph Westley by choosing Roberts to be her husband. Westley's jealousy will not let him accept the situation, however, and he throws temptation into Roberts' path by anonymously buying the artist's work. Roberts becomes extravagant, and his attention wanders to an attractive widow, but Barbara remains faithful, even when Westley offers her her old job. Finally realizing the futility of his efforts, Westley helps to reunite Roberts with his wife.
- 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.
- 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.
- I. Solomon, a humble tailor on New York's East Side, dreams of being a designer with a shop on Fifth Avenue, but he makes no headway until a dress that he designs for Mary Bell, a laundress who suddenly becomes a movie star, attracts attention and becomes popular. Three years later Solomon has a successful Fifth Avenue shop, but his prosperity is too much for his wife, Rosie, who succumbs to a scheming Greenwich Village pianist, Orlando Kolin. Resigned to giving Rosie her freedom, Solomon, with Mary's help, stages evidence to give Rosie a reason for divorce. Fortunately, Rosie realizes her mistake in time and falls into Solomon's arms; Mary resumes her romance with Solomon's lawyer.
- While sailing near the Florida coast, Tom, who is feeling jilted after seeing his sweetheart, Florence, in his rival's arms, is injured and cast ashore on an island after his motorboat is struck by lightning. There he is nursed by Lola, a doctor's daughter; and to allay the suspicions of Florence and her guardian, Tom declares that Lola is his wife. In her pique, Florence tries to implicate Tom in a crime, but Lola accepts the blame instead. The rival exposes Florence's trickery, and Tom marries his island girl.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adora Winstanley, Broadway's newest idol, receives the adoration of many wealthy men, but Billy Kelvin wins her heart. They are married--to the great displeasure of Billy's father, a leader in New York society, who offers money to Adora in exchange for Billy's freedom. She refuses, and Mr. Kelvin desperately hatches a plot in which a young man lures Adora to his yacht; she (Kelvin assumes) compromises herself, and Billy witnesses his wife's disgrace. Adora proves faithful, however, and the elder Kelvin finally concedes her worthiness.