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Un profesor de historia tiene un encuentro casual con un criminal infame y acaba asumiendo el liderazgo de su banda.

A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.

A detective poses as a simpleton to uncover gun-runners using an abandoned railway line.

Bassanio loves heiress Portia, and to help his friend the merchant Antonio hesitatingly borrows money from Jewish money lender Shylock. The deal: If Antonio can't repay the debt Shylock may cut a pound of meat out of Antonio's body.

Tom Winston is a circus acrobat who uses his strength and athleticism to save a helpless infant stolen by an ape and dragged to the top of a factory chimney.

Melodrama of a boy taken from his family, adopted by a coachman,who grows up to be secretary to the minister of Justice, and to uncover dark plots, spearheaded by a femme fatale, that affected his own life and the lives of others.

The game of romance involving an older man and a younger woman.

Glum adaptation of the Balzac "La duchesse de Langeais" where the titled lady determines to humiliate the officer who she feels has snubbed her, by seducing him in front of witnesses, complicated by passion.

A prize fighter heads to the logging camps of the north woods to recuperate where he encounters romance and opposition. Unwittingly Sills becomes a tool for a criminal lumber gang that sought to use Sills' pugilistic abilities to its advantage. The daughter of one of the victims makes Sills understand the situation, which culminates with Sills fighting fiercely with the six-foot-seven-inch John Kolb in the turbulent river waters as a log jam breaks apart.

In a Swiss winter resort, Lydia Boysen, who has just divorced from her husband, meets the young ski instructor Dagfin Holberg. It doesn't take long before they both fall in love with each other. One day her ex-husband Axel shows up, not long after he had tried to set Lydia up with the much older, rich Turkish man Sabi Bey. A little later, Alex Boysen is found lying dead in the snow. Dagfin and Lydia suspect each other of killing Boysen. To protect Lydia, Dagfin takes all the blame. Not entirely unselfish, he receives full support in his actions from Sabi Bey, who also promises to help Dagfin escape. The Turkish general hopes to get closer to his goal in this way and finally win Lydia over. Lydia, in turn, is ready to sacrifice herself for Dagfin. In order to be sure of Sabi Bey's support for the fugitive Dagfin, she follows the Muslim despot, who was once responsible for a massacre of Armenians and only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, to his castle in southern Germany. As luck would have it, Dagfin has gone into hiding right next door, on Colonel von Gain's neighboring estate. Meanwhile, Tilly, the colonel's daughter, has fallen head over heels in love with the reclusive permanent guest. Sabi Bey gradually realizes that he won't let Lydia down in the future and swallows poison out of desperation. Dying, he confesses that he killed Axel Boysen in self-defense as Boysen was blackmailing him. Lydia and Dagfin can now look into the future together.

A restaurant cashier, who has a mutual attraction to the restaurateur, has a secret passion for dance. As soon as she finishes work she is off down to the dance studio for a practice.

Among the vertical rockfaces of Saxony athletic Gaston saves the lives of four climbers. Both rescued ladies fall in love with him, one helps finance Gaston's futuristic invention, but the financier is darkly connected with Gaston's fate.

Sensational adventures of a young lady with her baby, born out of wedlock. Marrying the father, she discovers his worthlessness. George Barry, returning after two years' absence , finds that Marie, the daughter of wealthy parents, whom he still loves, is a mother. The father of the child, Serge Ricard, is a loafer , and though he makes no effort to do his duty towards Marie, she goes to him. Through a friend a post is offered him in the Argentine, on condition the couple marry. The benefactor is really the faithful George. The liner is wrecked, Serge perishes , but Marie is saved. Believing her child to be drowned, she loses her reason. The little one, however, has been rescued by some Chinese jugglers. George, as guardian angel, brings happiness. A considerable variety of settings are presented, including the beautiful home of Marie's parents, scenes on the liner, and realistic hospital interiors. The Decorative Arts Exhibition and the performance by Chinese jugglers are outstanding features.

A boatload of 413 women is shipped to then underpopulated colonial Australia, so they can get busy with the men there to do some propagating.