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A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit....

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. ...

A plucky stewardess risks her life marrying a daredevil pilot....

The story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I....

On a special train, Betty's show troupe rehearses: Betty sings, Bimbo juggles, and Koko does a soft-shoe. The train itself also does tricks....

A man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may be dying of typhoid fever....

A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons....

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that ...

A night club singer falls for a gangster....

A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse....

A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime....

To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "prod...

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the ...

In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman without spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchmen to stop him....

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos....

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with....

A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman....

The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition....

A bible publisher is falling in love with a chorus girl and finds himself backing a Broadway show....

The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Complications ensue....