Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
Self (archive footage)
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1934 hit comedy, "It Happened One Night."
Self (archive footage)
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
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This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Ellen McLean
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
Ruth Condomine
Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.
Prudence Webb
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.
Madame de Montespan
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.
Liz Frazer
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
Miriam Halsworth
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Sister Mary Bonaventure
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
Ellen Ewing
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Agnes Newton Keith
Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
Nora Shelley
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.
Katie Armstrong Jordan
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.
Alison Courtland
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Betty MacDonald
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Lee Addams
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Kit Madden
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Elizabeth Hamilton
엘리자베스와 존은 전쟁으로 인해 헤어지게 되고, 전쟁이 끝난 후, 만삭인 엘리자베스는 남편의 전사소식을 듣게 된다. 이후 엘리자베스는 회사 사장인 래리의 도움으로 홀로 아이를 낳아 기르다가 래리의 끈질긴 구애로 재혼을 하고 행복한 가정을 꾸리고 살아가게 된다. 그러던 어느날, 죽은 줄 알았던 존이 20년만에 에릭이라는 새로운 신분으로 돌아오게 된다. 에릭(존)은 온 몸에 입은 화상을 입은 자신을 알아보지 못하는 엘리자베스에게 자신의 진짜 신분을 드러내야 할지 고민하게 되는데..
Mary Price
Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.
Peggy Martin
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.
Mrs. Anne Hilton
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
Katherine Grant
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
Herself
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
독창적이고 흥미로운 코미디 영화로 명성을 날린 프레스턴 스터지스의 1942년도 작품. 코믹한 오프닝 타이틀에서 톰과 제리의 결혼 장면이 보이고, ‘그리하여 두 사람은 영원히 행복하게 살았습니다’라는 자막이 뜬다. 그리고 뒤이어 ‘정말 그랬을까요?’라는 자막이 또다시 등장하는데 당연히 대답은 ‘아니오!’다. 결혼한 지 5년 된 톰(조엘 맥크레)과 제리(클로데트 콜버트) 부부. 그러나 발명가인 톰은 돈을 한 푼도 벌어오지 못한다. 아파트 월세조차 못 낼 형편이 되자 제리는 돈 많은 남자와 재혼해 톰이 발명에 전념할 수 있도록 재원을 마련해주기로 한다. 부자들이 모인다는 플로리다의 팜비치로 가는 기차를 탄 제리는 우연히 서반구에서 가장 부유한 남자 중 하나라는 존 하켄색커 3세를 알게 된다. 하켄색커는 제리에게 관심을 보이면서 선물공세를 퍼붓고, 한편 제리를 단념하지 못한 톰은 아내를 찾아 팜비치로 온다. 얼떨결에 하켄색커에게 톰을 오빠라고 소개한 뒤 제리는 진퇴양난에 빠지는데…
Nora Trinell
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Lydia Kenyon
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
Augusta Nash
In 1939, American Tom Martin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash, for a scoop, aids him in an audacious escape. Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through the deepening chaos and catastrophe of the early days of World War II.
Betsy Bartlett
McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
Self (archive footage)
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Self
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Lana (Magdelana)
젊은 농부 길버트 마틴과 부유한 집안에서 자란 아름다운 여인 라나는 결혼을 하고 부부는 뉴욕주 ‘모호크 계곡’의 새로운 농장을 마련해 산다. 라나는 거친 농장 생활에 힘들어하지만, 점차 익숙해진다. 행복도 잠시 미국독립전쟁이 터지고, 영국인들에게 매수당한 인디안 ‘모호크족’이 그들의 마을로 쳐들어온다. 길버트와 라나는 농장을 잃고, 설상가장으로 길버트는 전쟁에 참전하게 되는데...
Edwina Corday
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
Eve Peabody
미국에서 온 쇼걸 이브는 빈털터리인 채로 파리를 헤맨다. 이브는 마음씨 좋은 택시 기사 티보르를 만나 도움을 청하지만, 일은 여의치 않다. 티보르와 헤어진 후 어느 파티에 숨어든 이브는 부유해 보이는 엘렌과 젊은 남자 피코를 만나게 된다. 얼마 후, 엘렌의 남편 조르주까지 합류하는데, 불청객인 이브를 알아본 조르주는 다음 날 이브에게 은밀한 제안을 한다. 아내와 피코의 사이를 눈치채고 있던 조르주는 이브에게 엘렌이 피코와 헤어질 수 있도록 자신을 도와 달라고 한다. 오랫동안 함께 작업했던 빌리 와일더와 찰스 브래킷이 쓴 시나리오를 바탕으로 한 스크루볼 코미디. ((재)영화의전당/필름제공: Library of Congress(USA))
Zaza
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Nicole De Loiselle
미국의 억만장자 마이클은 휴양지에서 가난한 후작의 딸 니콜과 마주친다. 짧은 만남 뒤, 우연히 니콜의 아버지를 만나게 된 마이클은 호의를 베풀며 니콜과 결혼하고 싶다는 마음을 내비친다. 그러나 약혼 파티에서 마이클이 일곱 번이나 결혼한 이혼남임을 알게 된 니콜은 충격에 빠져 결혼을 취소하려 한다. 동명의 프랑스 희곡을 각색했으며, 샘 우드의 작품을 리메이크한 것이기도 하다. 흥미로운 이야기에 클로데트 콜베르와 게리 쿠퍼의 연기 호흡이 자연스럽게 어우러졌다. (2015 영화의 전당 - 에른스트 루비치 특별전)
Tatiana (archive footage) (uncredited)
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna Romanov
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatiana, the Grand Duchess Petrovna, and her husband, Mikail, Prince Ouratieff. Recent exiles from the Russian Revolution, Tatiana and Mikail befriend the Dupont family, keeping their true identities a secret -- until one night when Soviet official Gorotchenko arrives for dinner.
Kay Denham
Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.
Barbara Clarke
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.
Cigarette
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of him. He falls in love with Lady Venetia Cunningham, a visitor to the garrison
Jeannette Desmereau
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
Self
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's The Devil Is a Woman (1935).
Julia Scott
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.
Dr. Jane Everest
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
Marilyn David
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Cleopatra
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Ellie Andrews
재산을 노리고 구혼을 한 비행사인 킹 웨슬리와 결혼하고자 하는 엘리를 아버지 알렉산더가 반대하고 요트에 가둬 두자 엘리는 헤엄을 쳐 해안으로 도망쳐나와 뉴욕으로 가는 그레이하운드 버스에 오른다. 그 버스에는 근무 중에 술을 마셔 해고당한 신문 기자 피터가 맨 뒷 좌석에 자리잡고 있는데, 엘리는 피터와 맨 뒤의 좌석에 나란히 앉게 된다. 여행 도중 엘리가 소지품이 든 가방을 잃어버렸음에도 신고하기를 거부하자 피터는 엘리의 신분에 대해 의심을 하게 된다. 그레이하운드로 계속되는 여행 다음날 둘은 잠시 쉰 휴게실에서 느긋하게 아침 식사를 하다가 엘리와 피터는 버스를 놓치게 되고, 피터는 엘리의 신분을 알게 된다. 엘리는 피터에게 뉴욕에 도착하도록 도와주면 자신에 대한 특종 기사를 쓰게 해 주겠다며 거래를 제안하지만 부잣집 딸이나 부를 탐내 결혼하려는 킹 웨슬리 같은 사람한테 전혀 관심이 없다면서 퉁명스럽게 이 제안을 거절한다.하지만 북쪽 으로 향하는 여행에서 몇 가지 우연찮은 사고가 일어나게 되고 피터와 엘리는 여러 곤경에 같이 빠지게 되는데...
Judy Jones
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.
Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for the child she gave up.
Elizabeth Rimplegar
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
Julie Kirk
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Princess Nadya
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Empress Poppaea
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
Felicia Hammond
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Herself (uncredited)
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Sylvia Suffolk
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
Helen Steele
A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.
Margaret Hughes
A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit.
Sally Clark
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Helen Blake
Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
Franzi
오스트리아의 왕실 근위병 니키는 방문 중인 플라우젠섬 왕족을 수행한다. 가벼운 성격의 니키는 섹시한 바이올리니스트 프란치에게 반해 근무 도중에도 그녀에게 미소와 윙크를 보내느라 여념이 없다. 플라우젠섬의 공주 안나는 니키가 자신에게 윙크를 보내는 것으로 착각하여 사랑에 빠지고 결국 두 사람은 결혼하기에 이른다. 그러나 무뚝뚝한 공주에게 매력을 느끼지 못한 니키는 프란치와 밀회를 가지고, 공주는 그런 두 사람을 발견하고 슬픔에 빠진다. 그런 공주를 딱하게 여긴 프란치는 공주에게 남자의 마음을 사로잡는 법을 가르쳐준다.
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The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
Julia Traynor
월 스트리트 사업가 제리는 유능한 비서 줄리아와 진지한 관계를 맺길 원하지만, 줄리아에게는 약혼자 필립이 있다. 제리의 구애를 뿌리친 줄리아는 필립과의 결혼을 서두르고, 더 이상 줄리아와 함께 일할 수 없다고 생각한 제리는 그녀를 해고한다. 1년 후 줄리아를 만난 제리는 그녀에게 다시 반하고, 둘 사이에 대해 의혹을 품고 있던 필립은 해서는 안 될 짓을 벌이고 만다. 떠오르는 스타였던 클로데트 콜베르의 지적인 매력이 스크린을 가득 채운다.
Lydia Thorne
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
Barbara Billings
A singing Frenchman meets an American heiress and gets a job at her father's chewing-gum factory.
Ann Vaughn
Two flappers try to get their newspaper reporter boyfriends to pay attention to them.
Joyce Roamer
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.
Jean Oliver
Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief. Love entanglements with a gangster known as "The Fox" and newspaperman Grant complicate her plans.
Mary
Three men join forces to raise an adopted son.
