A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a…

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark,…

Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga’s Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and his friend’s sister, Kalua.

Thomasina the cat brings a family together through her mysterious death and reappearance.

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle…

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There…

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty…

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles a protection racket.

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She’s quickly labeled a Communist.

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit…

The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.