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- A young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a scandal in town with her bobbed hair and short skirts. She attracts the attentions of some of the local men, which causes an even greater scandal--which is made worse when her sister abruptly leaves her boorish husband for another man.
- Paul Sinclair, engaged to Helen Graham, represents a large coffee concern in Rio de Janeiro and while visiting with the American consul is taken by the beauty of Lola, a cafe dancer.
- While in pursuit of two bandits with his master, Patrolman Robert Conway, Peter the Great tears away the coat sleeve of Jimmie Bryson, a young bank employee. Jimmie's sister Mildred notices the torn sleeve, and his shady friend Al Stokes makes advances to her. Stokes forces Jimmie to give him the combination of the bank safe, which he plans to rob that night. Meanwhile, Bob, having taken an interest in Mildred, is introduced to Jimmie and becomes suspicious when Peter snarls at the boy, but he declines to arrest him at the pleas of Mildred. Stokes, who is proven to be Peter's former owner, claims the dog and leaves. When Jimmie refuses to go through with the robbery, he is tied up by the crooks, who abduct Mildred; however, Peter frees Jimmie. Bob is trapped by the bandits in the bank, but Jim frees him; and following a thrilling automobile chase, Stokes is killed.
- Silent film drama depicts effect on everyone as color blindness becomes a concern due to "railroad improvements", the color light block signal.
- A handsome young naval officer is dishonorably discharged for cowardice. While being transported home to England, he is caught in the middle of a shipwreck, from which he is rescued by a beautiful passenger.
- An American man on a South Pacific Island receives a dear John letter from his fiancee. A lovely native girl decides to console him. Then, fate washes a woman ashore from a sinking ship.
- Accompanied by Thunder, the dog who rescued him from the firing line in France, World War veteran Ray Chambers goes to the mountains to recover from his war injuries. There he meets Martha Larned, a lonely mountain girl who lives with her little brother, Dick. Ray discovers that Martha is the sister of his dead buddy, Frank Larned, and he decides to stay and protect her from harassment by Jim Howard and his half-witted brother, Ez. When Dick is hurt in a fall, Ray goes for a doctor; Ez kills Jim and attacks Martha; and Thunder takes care of Ez. Ray and Martha then get married.
- The alert atmosphere of a large-city newspaper office and its giant presses combines with the back-stage atmosphere of the theatre, set against the sinister shadow of a bootleg gang and the glitter of a big musical comedy "first night" in a whirlwind of dramatic action. A hot-shot newspaper reporter and a Broadway show-girl provide the romance.
- When drunken Canadian trapper Raoul La Fane attacks his young wife Marie, she takes a shot at him. La Fane falls, and Marie, thinking she killed him, flees into the white wilderness. Louis Le Blanc comes to her aid, and later they are married. When Raoul suddenly shows up, Marie confesses her guilty secret to Louis. Setting out on Raoul's trail, Louis finds him, and the two men get into a brutal fight. Raoul falls over a cliff and dies, and Louis returns to a grateful Marie.
- Patrolman Jim Ryan falls in love with Alice Bennett, a dressmaker, only to realize later that she is a dead ringer for Dorothy Stone, a noted thief. When Jim is ordered to arrest Alice for Dorothy's crimes, he tells the captain that it would be a grave injustice, but the captain will not believe him. Jim is suspended from the force and sets out to bring Dorothy Stone before the law. Using Alice to impersonate Dorothy, Jim gets in touch with her gang. Dorothy is killed in a fight, and Alice is kidnapped. Jim goes after the abductor in a police launch and rescues Alice. Jim is reinstated to the force, and he and Alice are wed.
- Discouraged with life, Michelo throws his daughter Lucia into the sea, but she falls into a fisherman's boat and is taken to a fishing village. Francisco kidnaps her and takes her to the headquarters of smuggler Dr. Chong Foo, located in a studio occupied by Pietro Savori, an unwilling partner. Chong Foo kills Savori to gain the girl for himself, but Bevani comes to the rescue and saves Lucia for her sweetheart, Guido.
- Too tender rearing makes a timid youth of Bob Henley, architectural student. He and Jack Fenton are rivals for the love of Mary Blake. War comes and Bob goes to France, his dog Thunder accompanying a Red Cross unit. Bob "finds himself" and develops courage. Thunder goes over the top and rescues him when Bob is wounded while trying to explode a mine. The dog completes the job. Bob returns home a hero. Finding that Fenton has attempted to double-cross him, he thrashes him and wins Mary.
- After it has been sold to a new owner, a shyster and killer has stolen the property deed to a valuable mine and is using it for blackmail purposes. The former owner of the mine is framed for a murder, and his daughter and the new owner work to save him from the gallows.
- Tom Milburn, racing enthusiast experimenting with a new tire process, wants to marry Bess Stanton. However, her head is turned by a young man, Claude Roswell, driving a Rolls-Royce. The two men engage in a series of pranks culminating in Roswell's framing Tom for car theft. Tom's name is cleared, and so he is able to drive in the big race and test his experimental tires. The tires prove to be successful, and he wins the race, a manufacturer's royalty contract, and Bess.
- Dan and Myra Barclay are forced to shorten their vacation in Monaco when Dan is placed in charge of a South American gold mine. Myra can no longer tolerate the monotony of life in the rustic village and runs off with Señor Ortego, the owner of the mine. Realizing that Ortego's intentions are dishonorable, Myra decides to return to Dan, until a head injury causes her to lose her memory. While she recuperates in a country rest home, Dan is imprisoned for the attempted murder of Ortego. He escapes with the help of Ricardo, a fellow prisoner who also has a grudge against the mine owner. They arrive at Ortego's home, where Ricardo stabs Ortego to death. Dan makes his way to the rest home and the sight of him restores Myra's memory, resulting in a happy reunion.
- Small-town girl Mary Barry wins a beauty contest and goes to New York to meet D. V. Cortelyou, the magazine's publisher. Greatly taken by young girl, Cortelyou arranges for her to live with Dolly Griffith, a woman of questionable reputation who often aids him in his wicked schemes of blackmail and seduction. During a party seemingly in Mary's honor, Cortelyou obtains some apparently compromising evidence with which to blackmail Mrs. Young, the wife of a wealthy broker; Cortelyou then makes rough advances toward Mary, and one of his assistants, Jack McGuire, gives him a good beating. Threatened with blackmail, Mrs. Young turns in desperation to Jack for help. Jack and Mary attempt to trap Cortelyou in a net of his own making, but the blackmailer is too smart, outwitting Jack and abducting Mary. Cortelyou also kidnaps Mrs. Young, keeping her and Mary in a deserted house. Jack learns of their whereabouts and arrives with the police. Cortelyou is arrested, Mrs. Young is saved from the consequences of scandal, and Jack proposes to Mary.
- Doris Fuller, noted screen star, marries poor newspaperman Kenneth Scott. His pride is hurt when he is called "Mr. Doris Fuller" and by the disparity between their earnings. She quits to become his "full time" wife but returns to the screen when she sees him becoming a nervous wreck trying to write a play to boost their earnings. Kenneth erroneously believes her to be having an affair with her leading man, DeWitt Courtney, and begins to pay ardent attention to Nita Northrup, a rising young actress. His actions cause a real breach, and they separate. Kenneth's play is a success, but he is not happy. They are reconciled after Doris is injured in the studio, and she once more becomes his "full time" wife.