John Colton

Australia, 1835. El sobrino del gobernador, Charles Adare (Michael Wilding), que acaba de llegar de Inglaterra, está invitado a cenar en casa de Sam Flusky (Joseph Cotten), un antiguo presidiario que ha hecho fortuna y que está casado con una de una prima de Charles, Lady Harrietta (Ingrid Bergman). Charles descubre que su prima, que se ha convertido en una alcohólica, está aterrorizada por su ama de llaves Milly (Margaret Leighton) y, al tratar de curarla, se enamora de ella...

El gobernador de la decadente y cosmopolita Shanghai notifica a Madre Gin Sling, dueña de un famoso casino, que el local será derribado para remodelar el distrito. La dama averigua que detrás de ese movimiento especulativo está el acaudalado Sir Guy Charteris. Con motivo de la celebracion del Año Nuevo Chino Sir Guy y otros invitados se sientan a la mesa de Madre Gin Sling. Allí, el oscuro pasado del especulador se pondrá al descubierto.

Un científico está realizando unos experimentos para conseguir un nuevo rayo láser con el que ayudar a la humanidad, pero para ello necesita un elemento llamado Radium X. En su búsqueda viaja África con su esposa, pero las radiaciones que recibe van cambiando poco a poco su carácter.

Wilfred Glendon, doctor en botánica, emprende un viaje al Tíbet con el fin de localizar una extraña flor que crece únicamente en esa región bajo el influjo de la Luna. En el momento en que recoge un ejemplar, sufre el ataque de un hombre lobo que lo deja herido y con el estigma del licántropo. De regreso en Londres, recibe la visita del doctor Yogami, la persona que lo atacó. Éste le informa de que la flor que recogió es el único remedio para aletargar durante una noche el mal de luna

Muchacho Sonriente ha sido criado a la manera tradicional de los navajos y no tiene contacto con la civilización; en agudo contraste Muchacha Esbelta, educada en la ciudad, no es bien vista por los navajos por el tipo de vida que lleva, impropia de una navajo... de ahí que traten de impedir que ambos se casen.

Debido a una extraña epidemia, los pasajeros de un barco son obligados a desembarcar en una isla. Entre ellos se encuentran una prostituta y un misionero que la acosa.

Un marine estadounidense atormentado por la culpa regresa a Cuba para localizar a su hijo ilegítimo.

A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent.

In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.

Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.

[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that evening. He stops by for a last meal with his love, Marianne. He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another soldier to love. They argue then embrace and, when the clock strikes midnight, he is still in her arms. Is desertion in the cards? Can the relationship survive the military demands and a soldier's obligations? A lost film.

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

A young divinity student helps and protects a down and out prostitute, at the cost of his own standing in the community.

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.

Ronnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets Pierre Martel, member of a gang of thieves, and, convinced that he is a "real man," she marries him. Pierre's confederates attempt to blackmail Ronnie, and when she refuses to sign a check they try to kill Pierre; but police arrive in time to save him. Pierre is revealed to be a U. S. Intelligence Service agent. Ronnie, though somewhat disappointed that her husband is not at all a crook, accepts the situation.

The department store clerk Mary prevents a robbery at the store where she works, involving a necklace belonging to a rich unmarried woman named Eva Bandy. Later, she manages via a misunderstanding to prevent a million-dollar robbery of the same woman. With the man of her dreams, who helped her foil the robberies, she is "adopted" by Eva.

Society matron Mrs. Fanshaw Renwick entertains lavishly at her posh home. Living with her are her two daughters, Phillipa, a madcap eighteen-year-old, and her married sister Errica who is having an affair with Ralli, a designing South American. When Captain Chantry arrives with an impressive letter of introduction, Mrs. Renwick welcomes him while Phillipa falls in love with him. On the night of the masquerade party, Phillipa induces Chantry to take her to the party in disguise, because her mother will not permit her to attend. The captain, in reality a jewel thief, readily complies, believing it will provide him with the perfect opportunity to steal Mrs. Renwick's famous pearls.