Production Assistant
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
Ship's Surgeon
롤스는 남쪽 해엽에서 한 선박의 선장이며, 네덜란드 해운업계 왕인 반슈리벤과는 그가 사랑하는 여인 안젤리크에 대한 라이벌 관계에 있다. 반슈리벤이 롤스의 애인인 안제리크를 몰래 데려갔기에 롤스는 반슈리벤에게 오랜 원한을 갖고 있다. 복수심에 불타는 롤스, 상식을 벗어난 클라이막스에 앞서 값진 보석들을 둘러싼 일들이 계속 일어난다. 최후의 포상은 선박에 의해 운반된 황금이다.
Man in Library (uncredited)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Rat-Killer Hawker (uncredited)
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Assistant Director
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
Assistant Director
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
Assistant Director
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Assistant Director
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Assistant Director
Man from small town comes to New York to be best man at an old friend's wedding. He mistakenly supposes that the girl and her family are after his friend's money, and almost wrecks their romance.
Assistant Director
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy. It is unknown whether a sound copy survives, but a silent copy with no talking is in the care of the British Film Institute. The silent print runs just under 50 minutes. According to the Library of Congress, the film survives in British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive.
