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- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMonte BlueMary ThurmanMary Jane IrvingRanch hand Tommy Dawes has a special bond with little Rosemary, the crippled daughter of his boss Bill Nyall. When Tommy accidentally breaks Rosemary's favorite doll one day, he borrows a $20 gold piece from the foreman's mattress to go to town and buy a new doll. However, on the way there he is ambushed and robbed by an escaped convict, and later the sheriff mistakes Tommy for the con and arrests him. Complications ensue.
- DirectorHoward HickmanStarsCarl GantvoortClaire AdamsRobert McKimIn the small town of Sycamore Ridge live youthful sweethearts Bob Hendricks and Molly Culpepper; Bob's banker father, General Hendricks; and John Barclay, head of the Golden Belt Wheat Co. When Adrian Brownwell comes to town to publish a newspaper, his cash deposits in Hendricks' bank relieve the banker's worry that an expected bank examiner will discover the shortage in bank funds resulting from Hendricks' support of Barclay. Adrian falls in love with Molly and decides to leave Sycamore Ridge when she refuses to marry him. Barclay threatens Molly with the financial ruin of many whom she holds dear unless she marries Adrian, and Bob returns from the East to find Molly the new Mrs. Brownwell. Twenty years later, Barclay has become a financial power, Adrian has fallen into drunkenness, and Molly supports herself by working on the newspaper, which Bob now controls. In a rage Adrian shoots Bob and flees, and happiness comes to Bob and Molly when word comes of Adrian's death in a railroad accident. Barclay's wife's death leads the financier to believe that he is being punished for ruthlessly crushing his rivals, and he distributes his fortune to those whose businesses he has ruined.
- DirectorEmmett J. FlynnStarsHarry MyersPauline StarkeRosemary ThebyIn 1921, a young man, having read Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, dreams that he himself travels to King Arthur's court, where he has similar adventures and outwits his foes by means of very modern inventions including motorcycles and nitroglycerine.
- DirectorJ.P. McGowanStarsHelen HolmesPaul HurstJ.P. McGowan
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsCarmel MyersJohn B. O'BrienFred KohlerEddie, the son of a police officer, gets involved with a criminal gang. His sister Nora finds him and tries to convince him to leave the gang, but he refuses, and his father will have nothing to do with him. Jim, Nora's boyfriend, discovers that the gang is planning to rob a house and he tips off the police. Things go horribly wrong, however, and the gang's members wind up kidnapping Nora and threatening to kill her unless her father helps free the rest of the gang from prison.
- DirectorRobert EllisStarsOwen MooreKatherine PerryGeorge LesseySpanish coquette Tula Moliana is encumbered with two husbands, one of whom is Senator Wakefield. Intent on divorcing him, Tula convinces Jim Blake, engaged to the senator's daughter, Helen, to be her co-respondent. Jim is soon entangled in a web of deceit as he struggles to make excuses for his many inappropriate encounters with Tula. When one of her admirers threatens Jim's life, the latter keeps the assailant at bay by inviting him to dinner, with frequent interruptions to attend to Helen. After disarming the man, Jim reconciles with Helen and Tula returns to the senator.
- StarsMabel HolmesWalter HolebyWalter LongThe story tells of Munga who, although a slave in a new world, never renounces his faith and finally dies at a ripe old age, leaving behind the son who had been brought with him from Africa,now a young man. Under the name of Covington, he works his way through college, studies medicine, and after graduating, decides to devote his life to the uplifting of his people.
- DirectorDavid SmithStarsAntonio MorenoBetty FranciscoHarry von MeterGilbert Thurstan, deputy inspector of the British Civil Service Commission in India, is warned by a physician that his wife, Emily, cannot remain in the hot climate where he is stationed, and he applies to his superior, Vincent Chalmers, for a transfer. Vincent is enamored with Emily and sends Gilbert to a post in Kajra, where the previous inspector died of fever. Emily goes to Simla at her husband's behest, with Vincent in pursuit. While he attempts to romance Emily, her ailing husband clashes with Hindu fanatics but manages to quell them single-handedly. Emily rejects Vincent, who is wracked with guilt over his treatment of Gilbert and travels to Kajra to relieve him of his appointment. Gilbert is reassigned to another city, where Emily happily awaits him.
- DirectorEdward DillonStarsJustine JohnstoneHarrison FordMarcia HarrisAgatha Kent inherits a southern mansion from her maiden aunt, Agatha. When she advertises for boarders, Burton Forbes, who is blind and alone in the world, recalls his visits to Aunt Agatha as a boy and rents a room. Assuming the roles of her aunt and an Irish maid, young Agatha looks after her guest, who is distressed over a broken engagement. His gratitude for her kindness ripens into love, which she reciprocates, unaware that his sight has returned. A lucky turn on the stock market results in the restoration of Burton's fortune, and when his former fiancée asks to resume their engagement, he rejects her for Agatha.
- DirectorThomas N. HeffronStarsWanda HawleyT. Roy BarnesBertram JohnsAlthough she finds the stiff Bostonian manners of her fiancé, Robert Ames, unsuited to her temperament, artist-illustrator Sheila Athlone refuses to illustrate an author's story because of its "absurd" premise that a girl would kiss a man she met only 4 hours earlier. Author Brian Moore, setting out to prove his point, poses as a butcher boy and induces her to ride out to a country orchard. His advances are refused until he saves a child from an explosion, and 2 minutes before the time limit, in admiration of his bravery, she allows him to kiss her.
- DirectorRobert McKenzieStarsOlin FrancisEstelle HarrisonBilly FraneyZip loves Dora, daughter of a neighboring ranch owner, but is very bashful. The ranch foreman also covets her and while a rustler himself, seeks to throw suspicion upon Zip, but his plans miscarry. The arrival of his sister's little daughter precipitates Zip's love affair, but he still lacks courage. The girl's father, to help him, suggests that he use cave man stuff at a dance, but the villain beats him to it. Zip pursues the fleeing rustler and saves the girl, while the rustler gets his deserts and all ends happily.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsConway TearleBetty HoweMartha MansfieldCapt. Deering, a British war hero whose exploits in the Arabian desert have earned him the nickname "The Man of Stone", returns home to London to discover that his fiancé, the wealthy Lady Mary Fortescue, has left him for another man. Devastated, he returns to the desert and begins to drink heavily, which results in his becoming gravely ill. He is cared for by the lovely Laila, an Arab woman who falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Lady Mary has broken up with the man she dumped Deering for and travels to the desert, determined to get him back and to let nothing stand in her way.
- DirectorRalph InceStarsHarry T. MoreyKathlyn WilliamsFaire BinneyFrederick Osborn is too busy to tend to his family duties and his wife Frances feels neglected. But Frederick's attention is caught when his wife takes up with a pair of companions to whom she is devoted, but whom he sees as more than a little shady.
- DirectorMaxwell KargerStarsBert LytellRaye DeanMaud MiltonHorace Parker is a wealthy young man who is exceedingly selfish and self-centered. He is engaged to Minnie Talbotr who has discovered his selfishness and she is on the brink of calling off the engagement. On Christmas Eve, a messenger from Mars comes to Earth to show Parker the error of his ways.
- DirectorCharles RayStarsCharles RayDonald MacDonaldVan Dyke BrookeTraveling salesman Martin Tripp gets fired from his job while in a small town. He decides to remain there and find work. He gets a job at the local general store and uses his city skills to make the store profitable. He has several adventures in the town, overcoming bank robbers and solving the mystery of a haunted church.
- DirectorJ.W. FifeNorman WardStarsNorman WardTed WilliamsFred J. WilliamsWilliam and Paul Moore are African-American twin brothers. Orphaned at an early age, they are raised by their uncle. When they grow up, William invests his inheritance in a business, but Paul squanders his share. Worse, they both fall in love with the same girl. Paul is so greedy and jealous (like Cain of the Bible) that he pushes John off a cliff and reports him missing and presumed dead. John survives the fall, however, though he suffers temporary brain damage and develops amnesia. Fortunately, a doctor cures him, and John finds his way back home. There, he learns that Paul has died from dope addiction. At last he is free to marry the girl he loves without further complication.
- DirectorRoy ClementsStarsHarry L. RattenberryRoy StewartSidney D'AlbrookSilas Warner, Jr., playboy son of a wealthy New York broker, is disinherited and sent from home by his father when he assumes the blame for a near-theft committed by his brother, Archie. In a western mining community, he is inducted into the "Ornery and Worthless Men of the World," a fraternity of fortune seekers, and a compromising situation forces him to marry Sally Bleeker. Sally is sent away to finishing school when her father dies; there she meets Louise, Silas' sister; and the girls become pals. While visiting the Warner home, Sally recognizes Silas, Jr.'s, picture, and when her miner-guardians come to New York to bring her home, there is a final meeting of the order and a happy reconciliation of Silas with his family.
- DirectorGeorge L. CoxStarsGeorge PeriolatLillian LawrenceMarie PrevostWithout social or romantic interests, young Basil Hammond goes to Paris to study paleontology and to bring back a report to his guardian on the manners and moral character of her granddaughter, Liane. At first he is disgusted by her attempts to vamp him, but eventually he falls in love with her. Basil discovers that Liane is engaged to Count Oudoff, and when the Count insults him at a party, a duel is arranged. Liane intervenes to save Basil, and in despair he returns to America; on the steamer he finds Liane, and she promises to marry him.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMonte BlueJacqueline LoganStanton HeckWally Griggs, a timid bank messenger, lives another life as a dashing young sport whose tales of wild adventure interest bank president Halliday and romantically fascinate Mary, who has been swindled out of a fortune by Thaine, now district attorney. When Wally decides to hide some bank bonds and is arrested by Thaine, he sues for false imprisonment and wins back Mary's money. He then returns the bank funds, pretending aphasia, and decides to become an author.
- DirectorClarence G. BadgerStarsWill RogersSylvia BreamerWallace MacDonaldSlaving to perfect an invention, Noah Vale tries to keep two orphans--Rip and Patch--and himself by peddling books and is helped by Scallops, a girl who occasionally brings them food. He appeals to Fay, a wealthy relative, for help in marketing his invention and arouses the interest of Fay's pretty daughter. Sterrett, Fay's partner, steals the model but returns it when he discovers it to be worthless. Johnny Smith, Fay's secretary, is fired when he proposes to the boss's daughter; and visiting Vale's attic, he is comforted by his epigrams. Johnny takes them to a newspaper editor, and they are so successful that both Smith and Vale are hired. Vale decides to give up inventing for writing, and Johnny marries Miss Fay despite her father's opposition.
- DirectorTom FormanStarsThomas MeighanMildred HarrisCharlotte JacksonWealthy society idler Charles Edward Martin meets Katherine Woods, whose father was ruined financially by J.J. Stratton, Martin's broker, although Martin is unaware of his scheming. Katherine is unsuccessfully trying to gain an income by writing magazine stories; but Comfort Brown, who works in her boardinghouse, seeks a magazine editor to plead Katherine's case and encounters Martin, a friend of the editor, whom she likens to a prince she has read about in fairy tales. Under the name of Prince, Martin takes up residence in the boardinghouse, posing as assistant editor of the magazine; when he falls in love with Katherine, he buys out the magazine to publish her stories. Katherine is happy until Stratton reveals Martin's true identity and makes Katherine believe he ruined her father, but Stratton is eventually exposed and the lovers are reunited.
- DirectorChester M. FranklinStarsMay McAvoyBruce GordonRalph LewisA French orphan girl is adopted into the home of wealthy Americans. There she becomes romantically involved with a farm worker and at the same time entangled in the deteriorating marriage of the American couple who rescued her.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsTom MixRhea MitchellPat ChrismanKing Brentwood, who is accused of breach of promise by a local widow, is opposed to Jim Rose as a suitor for his daughter, Mabel, and bans him from the ranch. Learning the widow is to pay him a visit, Brentwood orders his men to hold up the stage and scare the woman away, but Jim rescues her, hoping to gain his approval, and is roughed up for his trouble. Later, Jim finds a baby he supposes to have been deserted and is arrested for abduction, but the widow wins over Brentwood and helps Jim get Brentwood's consent to marry his daughter.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisNoah YoungAn idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
- DirectorEddie LyonsLee MoranStarsEddie LyonsLee MoranAlta AllenWilliam Harcourt loses all his money in a business transaction and is forced to dismiss his servants. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt are about to entertain Richard Thayer and his fiancée Bessie Lane at dinner when they receive a message announcing the arrival of Montana millionaire Bill Bradford, a client of Harcourt's. Anxious to make a good impression, Harcourt and his wife disguise themselves as servants, while Thayer and his fiancée take the part of the Harcourts. Bradford's arrival causes much embarrassment, which is complicated by the arrival of Miss Lane's father. Everything is finally explained, and Bradford takes it all as a joke. He agrees to buy a mine from Harcourt and hires him as his general manager.