Martha Franklin

The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits the water, using it to save the life of Rose Ryan, the daughter of a steamship magnate.

The Jewish Aaronson family lives in simple neighborhoods in the ghetto of a big city. Esther spreads the sun with her smile and when her mother goes blind and is taken to hospital, she takes on the role of head of the family.

Dorothy Kane leaves home after being denounced by her father, a businessman, who is dictatorial with his family but very lavish to his female companions in the city. Dorothy unwittingly becomes involved with his nightclub friends, Lottie, Trixie, and Alaska. At a dinner party attended by elderly men and young girls, Dorothy meets her father and decides to decry him to Mrs. Kane, but later feels that it would bring much sorrow to her already neglected mother.

Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake, easily gets her to share a trip to Europe. There, Ida lives the high life amid the continent's rich and carefree, but soon grows weary of it, wishing she were home again with her true love. Back in Butte, Gregory has hit a gold strike and telegraphs Ida of his luck. Ora however, with a secret love for Gregory, sabotages Ida's response by rewriting the return cable to indicate Ida will return, but only for a share in the gold. When the travelers return to Montana, Ida has found out about what backstabbing Ora has done, and fight it out at the mine, but unaware of their presence, the now-disillusioned Gregory intends on blowing up the mine at the same time.

Cole Lawson Jr. goes undercover as a bandit to infiltrate the gang responsible for his father's death.

Morris Goldfish, issu d'une pauvre famille juive de Lower East Side, n'a qu'une ambition, s'intégrer à la haute société new-yorkaise. Il y parvient en épousant une fille de bonne famille et en devenant antiquaire sous le nom de Maurice Fish. Tout à sa gloire nouvelle, il n'a cure de la déception de sa jeune soeur, Birdie, qui voulait se marier avec Eddie, un ami d'enfance, compositeur de chansons sans succès, pas plus que du déracinement de son vieux père, obligé de suivre son fils à Park Avenue. La mise en accusation d'Eddie, à qui l'on reproche une complicité imaginaire dans un hold-up, menace sa nouvelle et brillante situation. Il n'hésite pas à désavouer sa soeur...

A silent film directed by Ludwig Berger.

The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya, who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy, and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.

Don Cesar, le fils de Zorro, venu à Madrid parfaire son éducation, tombe amouraux de la belle Dolores. Mais Don Sebastien éprouve également des sentiments pour elle. Ce dernier assassine l'archiduc Paul et fait passer son rival amoureux pour le meurtrier. Don Cesar s'échappe alors et se réfugie dans les ruines de la demeure familiale en attendant de prouver son innocence.

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition's scheme to ruin Cowles' reputation. At the risk of her own good name, Nancy decides to turn the tables on the crooked politicos by framing Cowles' opponent in a compromising situation. Things don't go quite as planned.