Charles Klein

Ремейк фильма о солдатах-национал-социалистах 1937 года, в котором сюжет переносится с Первой мировой войны на Вторую: незадолго до окончания войны молодой лейтенант Преториус получает приказ отправить на фронт запасной полк. В отпуске на родину было отказано. Когда они проходят через Берлин, Преториус тем не менее дает солдатам, базирующимся здесь, шесть часов отпуска, которыми мужчины пользуются по-разному. В конце концов, все сопротивляются искушению дезертировать и возвращаются в полк в полном составе.

The mayor of a small Alsatian village wants to marry off his two daughters, Marie and Gretl, to rich farmers. They do not agree.

Молодая женщина Ева теряет память после аварии и не знает, кто она такая. Ее лечащий врач предлагает ей работу в качестве ассистента. Вместе они ищут лекарство от малярии. Однако в её сумочке был обнаружен револьвер, поэтому ею заинтересовалась полиция. Ева подозревается в умышленном намерении найти укрытие у доктора. В этот момент она встречается со своим мужем, и её память возвращается. Её муж убивал, чтобы добыть наркотики. Орудием убийства был её револьвер. Теперь её муж планирует убить доктора и забрать его деньги и ценности. К тому времени доктор полюбил Еву…

Германия, осень 1918 года. Первая мировая война подходит к концу, но все немецкие силы все еще находятся в состоянии мобилизации. Перед молодым и неопытным лейтенантом Преториусом стоит трудная задача - привести запасной полк в Бранденбург. Боевой дух мужчин низок, так как на этот раз им было отказано в обычном отпуске домой. Когда транспорт добрался до Берлина, настроение солдат улучшилось. Почти все они берлинцы и надеются провести несколько свободных часов в родном городе. Преториус игнорирует предупреждения своего начальства и дает своим людям выходной на несколько часов. Они проводят его в очень разных кругах, сопротивляясь искушению дезертировать. Национал-социалистический пропагандистский фильм о «солдатских добродетелях».

Pearl a vaudeville dancer is stranded somewhere in Alaska. With no official place to stay in the vicinity, Pearl is obliged to accept the hospitality of a wealthy family which has itself been stranded in the Great White North. An ill-tempered fur trader and a looney Eskimo both lust after Pearl, but she is rescued by Peter Van Dykeman her hosts' male secretary….

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the larger firm, thus creating the appearance of a conflict of interests. When one of the Judge's enemies plots to ruin the Judge over this apparent improper behavior, Judge Ross's daughter Shirley sets out to prove her father's innocence.

An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

Simon, a young Jewish man emigrating to the US, adopts the daughter of a dying woman on the ship. After he settles in the US, he eventually builds up a successful business as a pawnbroker and auctioneer. His adopted daughter Ruth falls in love with a young Wall Street broker, and her father invests his fortune in the young man's firm. However, a crooked broker at the firm causes Simon to lose all his money, and he must start all over again. He sets out to track down the crooked broker and get his money back.

Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.

The film is based on an ethnic Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein.

An expose of the methods used by a police-department to extract a confession from a suspect, regardless of innocence or guilt, and the effect and consequences on a family when an innocent member breaks under the interrogation methods and confesses to a crime he did not commit.

Silent film drama...

The disowned son of a wealthy family is tried for the murder...

The disowned son of a wealthy family is tried for the murder...

Mrs. Travers, a society leader, is madly in love with Arthur Ingraham, a rising diplomat. Arthur is not in love with her and avoids her advances. He is in love with Beatrice Langton, a young debutante, to whom he becomes engaged. Mrs. Travers is furious.