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
O Capitão Ralls luta contra o magnata holandês Mayrant Sidneye pela mulher que ele ama, Angelique Desaix, e por uma fortuna em ouro a bordo do Red Witch. Durante a década de 1860 no Pacífico Sul, o Capitão Ralls, capitão da Feiticeira Vermelha, tem uma série de aventuras envolvendo barras de ouro afundadas, pérolas, nativos, um dono de navio inescrupuloso e um polvo gigante.
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.
