George Pughe

An inventor shows off his new machine which can relay any event or portray any person at the touch of a button.

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.

An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid Hendrickje, whom he's unable to marry. Their relationship brings ostracism but also some measure of happiness. The final scenes find him in his last year, 1669, physically enfeebled but his spirit undimmed.