A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man’s stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart…

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes…

A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in “The Follies”.

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl,…

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to…

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take…

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up…

A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother’s fiancée.

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his…

A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.