Fred Herzog

After returning home from years spent in a convent, Marie Beaulieu, is shocked to discover that her father, the leader of a band of smugglers, desires she marry Dave Roi, one of the members of the band.

Buck Duane guns down the man who killed his father and flees from the law. He rescues a girl he once loved from outlaws, but the wife of outlaw chief has her own designs on him.

In this western, William Farnum plays yet another Zane Grey character. Duane Steele (Farnum) is a Texas Ranger who is determined to get the outlaws out of his part of the Lone Star state for good.

Dans le Paris du xve siècle, la gitane Esméralda danse sur le parvis de Notre-Dame. Sa beauté bouleverse Jehan, frère de l'archidiacre de la cathédrale. Jehan décide de l'enlever avec l'aide de Quasimodo mais elle est sauvée par une escouade d'archers commandée par Phoebus de Châteaupers. Ce dernier, sensible à la beauté de la Gitane, l'invite dans une auberge. Esmeralda réussi à s'échapper mais Quasimodo est fait prisonnier et condamné à recevoir vingt coups de fouet en place publique. Il réclame à boire et c'est Esméralda, dont il est secrètement amoureux, qui lui donne de l'eau fraîche. Phoebus est fiancé à Fleur-de-Lys mais, séduit par la Gitane, il lui donne rendez-vous. Jehan, qui les a suivis, poignarde Phoebus.

Tom Ennis, a stalwart, sturdy fellow, is apprenticed to John Matthews, the village blacksmith, whose daughter is a likable girl. Tom falls in love with her, but her father opposes him and Meg marries one who is her father's choice.

Robert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the prosecuting attorney, he is sentenced to six years' imprisonment. While in jail his wife dies and his little daughter, Agnes, is placed in a convent.

"Squint" Taylor owns a ranch and has a much older mining partner. When the partner is fatally wounded, he makes Taylor promise to take care of his daughter Marion. Taylor is more than happy to do his bidding, but Marion and her uncle are both involved with William Carrington, who is trying to cheat them out of her share of the mine.

Un village de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en 1645. Ses très puritains habitants se plaignent du comportement "choquant" d'Hester Prynne auprès du révérend Dimmesdale. Celui-ci est attiré par la jeune femme et ils ont une liaison passionnée, vite frappée du sceau de l'infamie, d'autant plus qu'un enfant naît de cette union...

Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his stepfather, Old Whiskers, for whose support he is forced to steal. Stowing away in a freight car with his dog, he escapes to a neighboring town where he is given a home by Mrs. Lane, sister of the town judge.

When his son is reluctant to fight for democracy Philip Nolan II shares with him the secret he has long held, the treason of the first Philip Nolan "The Man Without a Country." He explains how the elder Nolan played into the hands of Aaron Burr; how Thomas Jefferson was elected president over Burr; how Alexander Hamilton prevented the conscienceless Burr becoming governor of New York; the duel between Hamilton and Burr; how Philip Nolan was later arrested on his wedding night for aiding Burr, who had conspired to start a rival government in the south to wage war against the United States, and how he was later banished from the United States for saying "Damn the United States! I wish I might never hear its name again," and how Philip Nolan died kissing the flag of the country he had execrated. Understanding how important freedom is the younger Nolan rushes to enlist.