A pretended cripple is the centerpiece of a con artist’s plot to fleece the gullible believers of a small-town faith healer.

Misanthrope Raymond Ferray’s life is disrupted by the arrival of Miss Rovel. Her mother may force her to marry a man she despises, if Raymond fails to find her a suitable alternative.

After Crabbine Hicks has the musical revue shut down, her son hides the chorus girls in their home.

Bill may have taken a photo of his boss in a compromising situation with the stenographer, and his boss will do whatever it takes to prevent that photo from reaching his wife.

A fisherman discovers a young woman on what should be an uninhabited island who gives him the ominous warning that those who land on Dead Man’s Isle do not have long to live.

Nero sets fire to Rome to save himself from assassination but is unable to escape his own conscience.

Tom has a little too much to drink and accidentally shoots his friend Ned in a bar fight.

A policeman goes undercover as a woman to catch a pickpocket, but when his wife finds an unfamiliar dress in the closet, she comes to a different conclusion.

Ethel may be forced to abandon the man she loves for her father’s rich friend.

Orphan Oliver Twist becomes an unwilling member of Fagin’s band of thieves.