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Dir: David Kirkland

Robert Bennett, an idle socialite, wagers $30,000 with his three friends that he can tell nothing but the truth for a period of one week. His troubles begin at a party where his friends' wives question Robert about their husbands' outside activities. Forced to tell the truth, Robert's veracity results in domestic disharmony. Consequently, his vengeful trio of friends pursue Robert for the next five days, intent upon silencing him until the week is over. They finally resort to committing Robert to an insane asylum where he escapes with the aid of Dolly, who is in love with him because she believes that Robert is a society thief. When the real burglar arrives, he tries to frame Robert for his crimes, but Robert is cleared as the week ends and claims both his wager and his sweetheart, Gwendolyn Gerald.

Dir: David Kirkland

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Barefoot Boy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dick Alden, a 12-year-old boy mistreated by his stepfather and picked on by the other residents of his village, is wrongly accused of setting fire to the local schoolhouse. He runs away but vows to take his revenge on the village. Years later he gets his chance when he returns to take over the mill he has inherited--he plans to close it down, which would throw most of the people out of work and destroy the economy. However, he runs into someone from his past that could put a halt to his plans.

Dir: David Kirkland

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: David Kirkland

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Who Cares perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the rancher just across the border-river, when he saves her from a mad-bull. He captures a messenger for the smugglers, captures him and then goes to the gang's camp posing as the messenger. They soon find out he is an impostor, and he and Ysabel and her father are lined up before a firing squad. Maybe Silver King can summon the Calvary.

Dir: David Kirkland

Fred Blake sets out to avenge his mother who died of shock as the result of a raid by an outlaw gang. He discovers that a gang-member killed in the raid was the long-lost son (since childhood) of the wealthy Monroe family, so he impersonates him and intends to exact his revenge on the family.

Dir: David Kirkland

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hands Across the Border perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A self-appointed "love expert" tries to play cupid with uneven results.

Dir: David Kirkland

When retired New England skipper Captain Purcell finds Kit as a baby in a storm, he adopts her and she grows up to be an adventurous youngster of the docks. One evening years later, she boards a fishing boat to break up a poker game and extricate the husband of a weeping woman, and she is taken prisoner by Capt. Burt Kincaid, who tries to force his attentions on her, but when she proves her courage, he admires and comes to love her. When it is discovered that she is the daughter of the Hamptons, a wealthy family, Kit becomes a woman of fashion but longs for her former life and Captain Burt. Soon it is revealed that she is not a member of the Hampton family but only a daughter of their former maid, and she happily returns to Burt.

Dir: David Kirkland

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Regular Scout perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Miss Devore plays Tommy, a young woman who runs a boarding house for her father, an inventor of eccentric devices, and the boarders are the usual collection of neurotics in such an effort.

Dir: David Kirkland

Georgiana Chadbourne is married to a good but dull man. When he dies, she decides to find a more exciting romance, one with a "bad" man. But a case of mistaken identity upsets her plans.

Dir: David Kirkland

Roaming cowboy Bart Andrews is arrested for vagrancy by a sheriff who needs men for the state road gang. On the way to jail, the sheriff stops off at a rodeo, allowing Bart the chance to ride a wild bronc. Bart tames the horse, and, at the urging of some cowboys, the sheriff allows Bart to go to work on the Lawrence ranch. Bart falls in love with Jean Dawson, the ranch manager's daughter, and prevents the theft of a trainload of cattle. Later, Bart surprises the foreman in the act of robbing the safe at the express office; the men fight, the station agent is killed, and Bart is accused of the crime. He frees himself, brings the foreman to justice, and reveals himself to be the real owner of the Lawrence ranch.