Frederick Lee

Ruth Burroughs the daughter of a beleaguered rancher whose valuable property is threatened by a greedy railroad company

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

Longfellow Deeds est un homme simple et naïf vivant dans une petite ville américaine. Sa vie est bouleversée quand il apprend qu'il vient d'hériter de 20 millions de dollars. Il se rend alors à New York pour toucher cet héritage. Là, il est la cible d'avocats véreux et de journalistes peu scrupuleux.