Nellie Bly Baker
Nacimiento : 1893-09-07, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Muerte : 1984-10-12
Beedle
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
A famous Venetian opera singer marries a rich, but very jealous man. After moving to London with him, she misses the opera and all the attention she used to get. Once back in Venice, an old lover shows up causing trouble.
Madeleine's Maid
While plotting together to win back their lovers, the rich Madeleine and the penniless Pierre fall for each other.
Clara Johnson
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
The Woman
A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day before. They finally decide to leave for the city to seek fulfillment, only to encounter further privation, destitution, temptation.
Maid
Dos maestros de escuela, casados por amor, están separados por el deseo obsesivo del marido por la riqueza y la posición social.
Katinka
Business failure Ernest Todd is advised by his friend, Billy Breese, to enlist his wife's charms as a means of winning customers.
Ellen
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate their relationship then a bowl with goldfish would be presented to the other signalling the end of their marriage.
Other
Charlot trabaja de peón. Cuando llega tarde, le regala al capataz un lirio blanco para que le perdone, pero es tan lento en su trabajo que el capataz lo traslada a la sección de albañilería, donde trabaja tan deprisa que los compañeros no pueden seguirlo. Cuando la hija del capataz aparece, Charlot pierde la cabeza...
Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Una mujer londinense, sumamente pobre, se ve en la necesidad de abandonar a su hijo en una casa de millonarios, aunque por una serie de circustancias el niño terminará siendo cuidado por un vagabundo que se convierte así en su padre. Cinco años después, y con la madre convertida en una popular cantante, el destino tratará de separarlos...
Other
Charlot se encuentra sin trabajo y sus perspectivas no son nada halagüeñas cuando salva a una perra errante llamada Scraps del ataque de otros perros. Ambos se hacen inseparables y persiguen un mismo objetivo: conseguir comida.