Genre Crime

The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot

A member of a counterfeiting gang gives a forged note to his daughter. When she spends it on a dress the note ends up in the hands of the secret service, who then bring the entire gang to justice.

The Woman

William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille’s father Henry and David Belasco. The story is set in Washington D.C., courtesy of the Lasky Studio’s scenic department. Lois Meredith plays the title character,…

The Way Back

Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges treffen die Kriegsgefangenen Janusz, Valka und Mr. Smith in einem sibirischen Arbeitslager auf weitere überlebenswillige Leidensgenossen. Die siebenköpfige Gruppe verschiedenster Nationalitäten schmiedet den Plan, aus dem Lager auszubrechen. Während eines wütenden Eissturms nutzen sie ihre Chance…

The Wheels of Justice

Ralph Brooks, although engaged to Julia Dean, meets and becomes infatuated with Rita Reynolds. She gains his sympathy by telling untrue stories of her husband’s brutality. They plan to run away together but while Rita is taking a large sum…

The Suburban

Robert Gordon wants Donald, his son, to marry Sir Ralph Fisher’s sister, but Donald loves Alice, a working-class girl, and weds her in secret.

The Stool Pigeon

Walter Jason, a young man from the country, comes to the big city to find a position, but fails to do so. Oswald Trumble, so known to society, though in reality a master crook, strolls through the park, his mind…

The Soul of Broadway

Grace Leonard, a typical woman of the New York stage, beautiful but old in sin, seduces William Craig, who becomes a thief in order to shower luxuries upon her. He is sentenced to prison and emerges five years later as…

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