Elmer Ballard

A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his whereabouts in order to save his life. Her husband, however, believes her reason was that she wanted him out of the way so she could have his best friend.

Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.

Le propriétaire d'un grand manoir du pays organise une fête costumée pour certains de ses amis. Cependant, la fête tourne au vinaigre lorsqu'il est retrouvé poignardé à mort dans un placard. La police et un invité tentent de découvrir qui a commis le meurtre.

Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, then the cap serves to identify him as a housebreaker and lands him in jail, while the innocent cause of his trouble becomes his cellmate for another reason. Eventually a distracted wife rescues both her husband and Harold from the clutches of the law, the cap this time aiding him to regain his freedom.

A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.

A married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a crisis of conscience when his disgruntled butler is charged with the crime.

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.

Deux producteurs montent un spectacle pour promouvoir l'œuvre d'un chanteur et d'un auteur méconnus. Un bon prétexte pour mettre en scène une pléiade de stars...

Lou Ricarno est un gangster raffiné dont la tâche consiste à faire en sorte que les truands ne s’entretuent pas. Très bon dans son activité, il choisit néanmoins de se retirer en Floride en compagnie de sa ravissante femme, pour y écrire sa biographie et profiter de la vie. Mais son passé frappe rapidement à sa porte…

L'ascension d'un petit mafieux, devenu l'un des plus gros bonnets de la pègre locale.

Jean Valjean est un bagnard emprisonné pour un simple vol de pain parce qu'il était affamé. Il parvient à s'échapper et sur sa route, il rencontre un homme d'église qui changera sa vie. Il devient peu à peu un homme en vue de la ville où il s'est installé sous un faux nom pour échapper à son passé. La jeune Cosette que les vils Thénardiers exploitent à leur service, est recueillie par Valjean qui en prendra soin quant à son éducation. Mais l'inspecteur Javert, Policier obtus et convaincu que l'âme humaine ne peut changer, reconnaît en Valjean l'ancien détenu et veut à tout prix le compromettre...