Nellie Bly Baker

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.

While plotting together to win back their lovers, the rich Madeleine and the penniless Pierre fall for each other.

A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.

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.

Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth and social position.

Business failure Ernest Todd is advised by his friend, Billy Breese, to enlist his wife's charms as a means of winning customers.

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.

Depois de um dia difícil no trabalho, um pedreiro tenta aproveitar o seu dia de recebimento sem que sua esposa saiba.

Uma mãe abandona seu filho com um bilhete em uma limusine, mas o carro acaba sendo roubado e a criança é deixada em uma lata de lixo. Um vagabundo encontra o bebê e passa a cuidar dele. Cinco anos depois, a mulher tenta encontrar o filho perdido.

Paralelo entre a vida de um vagabundo e de um cachorro, mostra de maneira cômica e afetuosa a cumplicidade de ambos, ora um sendo o salvador, ora sendo salvo pelo outro. Num baile, uma moça que é explorada pelo proprietário do salão junta-se à dupla.