Frank Walsh

Pendant la guerre d'indépendance, on suit le quotidien entre l'armée régulière britannique au nord de l'État de New York et les miliciens patriotes dans le Massachusetts et en Virginie.

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.

Lennox un homme très riche et fort d'un succès certain chez les jeunes filles de la bonne société, séduit Anna d'extraction plus modeste. Cette dernière, envoyée par sa mère demander une aide financière auprès de parents éloignés se laisse convaincre par les assauts répétés de Lennox et une demande en mariage de celui-ci. Une cérémonie fantoche orchestrée par Lennox est célébrée, et le mariage consommé. Mais, Anna tombant rapidement enceinte, Lennox la laisse tomber. Seule, elle accouche de son enfant, Trust Lennox, qui disparaît rapidement d'une maladie. À la mort de l'enfant, Anna erre et trouve finalement un travail comme femme à tout faire chez Squire Bartlett, un propriétaire terrien. David, le fils de Squire Bartlett, s'éprend d'elle. Mais, bien que personne n'en ait alors eu vent, elle ne peut souscrire à ses avances, à cause de son passé.

Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.

Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.

Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band. When Fred's estranged wife Adele is murdered, Fred is arrested and convicted of the crime. Joan believes that the real murderer is Baretta, a gangster who was keeping Adele as his mistress