The struggle of a country and its people.
Mrs. Spriggs
Loosely based on the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, the black American educator.
Madeleine
A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the killer - but if he comes forward, he stands a good chance of ruining his marriage and his career.
Tilly Welwyn
A young woman falls in love with an aristocrat and tries to convince his parents that she is herself wealthy.
Chloe Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
Sadie Bannister
A young couple struggle with their overbearing parents.
The Woman Hiker
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Doucie Markham
When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
Gossiping Woman (Uncredited)
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
