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- Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
- Tarzan and Jane are sailing for France in answer to a call for help from Countess de Coude who is being persecuted by her brother Rokoff.
- Lassiter, a Texas Ranger, goes after the sect which has abducted his sister Millie. During his search, he encounters Jane Withersteen, who owns a rich estate. Lassiter saves a man named Venters from a whipping by men who think Venters is courting Jane. Lassiter takes Venters' place as manager of Jane's ranch, while Venters goes in search of cattle thieves. Venters discovers the thieves are led by a masked rider, and wounds the rider. The rider turns out to be female, and Venters nurses her back to health. Lassiter discovers that Millie is dead, and takes an orphan girl named Fay Larkin under his wing. When Fay is abducted by the same sect that had taken his sister, Lassiter takes his vengeance out on their leader, Dyer, and rescues Fay. As they are fleeing, they meet Venters and the masked rider, whom Lassiter recognizes as his sister's daughter, Bess. Venters and Bess ride east to be married, but Lassiter's escape route is cut off by pursuers, led by Elder Tull. Lassiter, Jane, and Fay find an entrance to a canyon, but it is blocked by a massive rock. Lassiter manages to push the rock down on Tull and his followers, but in the process, he seals himself, Jane, and Fay in the canyon.
- When Julian's wife Daisy leaves home to visit her sick father, he finds himself attracted to his best friend's wife Margaret, who has been neglected by her husband. Julian and Margaret take a drive to a mountain resort, and find themselves about to consummate their affair when something happens that makes her have second thoughts. Complications ensue.
- In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll is Rosa and marries her. When his vision is surgically restored, he leaves for Siam to find Rosa.
- The hunter becomes the hunted as Corporal James Kent (Lew Cody), of the Canadian Royal Mounted, fighting for his life, is guided to a secret valley, a refuge for wanted men, by a French-Canadian beauty, Marette Radison (Alma Ruben), with a secret of her own.
- Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young Mary, the town beauty whom the villain wants for himself--he leaves town and goes to Hollywood to become an actor. He eventually returns home to town as a star, but once again finds himself the victim of the town villain, who this time abducts sweet young Mary. Sam must use all his acting skills to track down the villain and save Mary.
- Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
- Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her daughters, so they live among the flapper set. Lester Hodges, a songwriter, is enamored of Marjory, while Garside, who runs a card room, is interested in Swifty. While gambling at Garside's place, Swifty meets Roger Corbin, who works as an engineer at her father's business. Corbin falls in love with Swifty. When Mr. Forbes protests against both his daughters' behavior, they move out. Marjory marries Hodges, but eventually leaves him and returns to her parents. Swifty, who has gambled herself into debt, agrees to marry Garside. But when the couple are together in a café, prohibition agents raid the place. Corbin, who has been searching for Swifty, helps her escape, and the two are united.
- A struggling artist in Greewich Village is devastated when his wife dies. Left with two children and with little money to support them, in desperation he sells one of them to a childless but wealthy couple. When he realizes what he has done, he determines not to go through with the "deal".
- Hiram Scudder is a blind cobbler, with a son named Tommy. Hiram passes the time listening for the footfalls of passersby, correctly identifying who they are. His son Tommy is in love with Peggy Hawthorne, the village belle. Peggy tells Tommy he must get a job and make a name for himself before she will marry him. Tommy becomes jealous of Alec Campbell, who shows interest in Peggy. Campbell, an engineer, lives above the shop where Tommy's father works. Tommy has a fight with Campbell in the latter's room. Hiram hears the struggle, and goes upstairs, but is tossed back down to the floor of his shop, where he breaks his leg. During the struggle, a lamp is overturned, the room catches on fire, and one man is killed. The survivor creeps downstairs, carrying a satchel of money. Hiram grabs the man's hand, but is beaten off by a wrench. The man throws the money behind a wall and runs out. The body found in the fire is charred beyond recognition, but since Campbell's clothes and watch are found, the body is assumed to be his. Tommy is then wanted for murder. Hiram, whom the villagers now think is insane, listens for footfalls night and day, certain the killer will return for the money. One night, Hiram hears familiar footsteps and struggles with the intruder, choking him. The intruder is revealed to be Campbell. Tommy is posthumously cleared of murder.
- An engineer in New York is unhappily married to a politically ambitious wife. When their son dies due to his wife's neglect, he deserts her and goes to South America to help build a bridge. But he loses interest in life, starts drinking, and loses his job. As he is about to hit rock bottom, he meets a cabaret dancer named Carita who helps him recover. He falls in love with her. When his wife loses her senatorial race, she goes to South America to reunite with him. Carita mistakenly believes that he still loves his wife, and decides to kill herself.
- Cherry O'Day is the daughter of Terence O'Day, who runs the Paper Lantern Café in Shanghai. She practices her father's philosophy to "play with men to her heart's content but always keep them at arm's length." Cherry has many suitors. She promises to marry a sailor named Donald MacGregor. But when he returns from the sea, he discovers Cherry's father has died. Cherry has married a rich man named William Blaine. A bank clerk named Harvel Allen tries to win Cherry's favor, but he is caught stealing bonds. Then Gordon Deane, a traveling novelist, meets Cherry but is the least interested of her suitors. Deane decides to take charge of a lighthouse on a lonely island, and brings MacGregor and Allen with him. Cherry gets a divorce and seeks Deane on the island. MacGregor and Allen engage in a fight at the top of the lighthouse, and both men plummet to their deaths. Cherry finds happiness with Deane.
- Ruth Sawyer discovers that her mother has an ill-savory past and decides to withhold this information from the man she loves. But a crooked pal of Ruth's mother shows up with blackmail in his plans.
- Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
- A simple country girl comes to the big city and is taken advantage of by unscrupulous city-slickers.
- Ned Connors, a prospector, has a happy marriage with his wife, living in the hills, until fate brings a sick visitor to their shack. The guest, Dr. Martin, is cared for by Connors' wife, who falls in love with him. When Connors returns to the shack after striking it rich, he finds his wife and Martin together. After a fight, Connors releases Martin, but Martin shoots Connors and rolls his body off a cliff. He covers the body with leaves. Mrs. Connors, believing her husband is dead, goes off with Martin. Meanwhile, Connors, who is alive but badly wounded, is rescued by his dog. A few years pass and Connors has become a drunkard, wanting revenge against Martin. His former wife, who has been mistreated by Martin, now has a daughter. The child is accidentally dropped from a covered wagon driven by Martin, and recovered by Connors. He takes her to his shack, where she makes him forget his anger. When the child gets sick, Connors seeks a doctor and comes face to face with Martin.
- Lassiter, Jane Withersteen, and the young orphan Fay Larkin were imprisoned in a valley years ago, and now live like primitive people. A relative of Lassiter's named John Shefford goes in search of them. Before he can find them, a Mormon elder named Waggoner is able to enter the valley, where he finds the trio. He kidnaps Fay, now a young woman, and brings her to a desolate area where she is kept with other women. When United States marshals raid the Mormon settlement, they bring charges of polygamy against all the women living there. Shefford sees Fay during her trial and falls in love with her. He rescues her and rides away with her, and then attempts to rescue Lassiter and Jane. When Waggoner pursues, he is killed by an Indian. Waggoner's followers continue the pursuit. Shefford, Fay, and the others are saved when marshals, warned by the Indian, arrive.
- An attractive young woman thrusts an attorney into wild adventures.
- Mary Ainslie has been waiting 30 years for her fiancé, a sea captain, to return. She has kept a light burning in her window to guide him home. His son Carl, by another woman, arrives on vacation in the New England village where Mary lives. Mary is overcome by the resemblance between the young man and his father. The young man falls in love with Ruth, Mary's young comrade. On her deathbed, Mary wishes Carl and Ruth the romantic life that she did not live.
- Mary Randall, who has just lost her job, is taking care of her widowed mother. Mary learns that her late uncle has left her part of his estate. She and her mother move to Florida to live on the Twisted Oaks Plantation. Mary meets her neighbor, Jack Carleton, and the two fall in love. The workers on the plantation believe in voodoo. The Voodoo Priest incites the superstitious workers. Mary orders him off the plantation, and he vows revenge. After Mary and Jack become engaged, an old mammy tells them the legend of the Ghost of Twisted Oaks: Miss Madeline was loved by all the slaves on the plantation, and was engaged to Master Billy. Justin, his rival, vied for Madeline, and fought a duel. Madeline was killed by a stray bullet. Ever since then, her ghost has haunted the plantation. Now, the voodoo followers decide to make a sacrifice out of Mary. The ghost appears to Jack and leads him to the sacrificial altar, where he saves Mary. The Voodoo Priest is killed when he accidentally sticks his hand in a snake's cage. The voodoo followers are driven from the plantation, and Madeline's spirit can finally rest.
- After his wife/model dies of starvation with her portrait unfinished, an impoverished artist meets another woman with a striking resemblance to her.
- Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers that his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse: he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
- After eluding authorities, Jaca Javalie goes to the home of wealthy Theodore Banning, where he professes to be a man of magic who learned his skills in India. He demonstrates his ability by bringing peace to the Banning home. In actuality, he plans to rob Banning's private vault. When he tries to commit the robbery, he is stopped by a guest who promises to say nothing in exchange for a portion of the loot. Javalie makes another attempt to break into the vault, but the same power that he had exerted over the Banning family compels him to stop. He confesses what he had planned to do and wins the hand of Banning's daughter Nanette.
- An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.