The Global Archive For Devotees of An Affair of Three Nations: Cult Guide

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Frank Mayne, a well-known artist, who had served a twenty-year sentence for a murder he did not commit, returns unexpectedly to his studio, where an amazing scene confronts him. Elaine Bernard, one of his pupils, is cowering over a table, her hair disheveled and her clothes all but torn off her back. Ford Maillard, her fiancé, stands over her, upbraiding her bitterly, while lying prone on the ground, his face covered with blood, is Delna, a Hindoo art student, who possesses occult powers. In the background is a woman whom he does not recognize. It develops later that she is his wife whom he had not seen since his imprisonment, and that the girl is his own daughter. Maillard had arrived at the studio in time to rescue her from the attack of Delna, but, misunderstanding her presence there, accused her unjustly. Mayne recognizes in this misunderstanding a counterpart of the situation that led to his own unhappiness, and out of the wisdom bought by his bitter experience effects a reconciliation between the young people. Chastened by adversity the older couple, too, decide to start over again, and happiness results from what seemed to be at first, unrelieved misfortune.

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The story deals with the murder of one David Hume, a mysterious individual, who has stolen the plans of a new submarine belonging to the father of Allen Morris. Edith Vale, sweetheart of Morris, notes that her fiancé is the victim of some obsession and through Pendleton, his close friend, enlists the aid of the great detective. Ashton-Kirk takes up the case with a vim, matching his wits against the craft and cunning of the criminal being his hobby. Through a simple little piece of paper made by a conductor's punch, the detective is able to get on the proper scent. This enables him to find his man, who proves to be a mute, and through a note dropped by the latter while in conversation in writing with a friend he learns the perpetrator of the crime. Then, back in the home of Hume, he is secreted when the mute and Sagon enter to recover the plans which Hume had in his possession, and for which the murder was committed. They are returned to Morris, and he and Edith are able to enjoy the bliss for which they had longed.

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Old Man Cliday has worked for many years in a pickle factory and has saved $10,000 which he wishes to invest to assure him compensation for the rest of his life. He hits upon the scheme of transforming an attractive young girl into a cultured woman and she in turn is to marry a wealthy man who will see that Cliday is taken care of in his old age. He makes the proposition to Clara Wilton, a candy store clerk and she accepts, although it wrenches her heart to give up her sweetheart Billy Perkins, an unambitious grocery clerk. In two years, Clara blossoms forth into a polished young woman, having had the best training that finishing schools could provide. Cliday takes her to a fashionable resort where she is surrounded by rich young suitors. Clara does not love any of them, but consents to marry one as her end of the bargain. She is preparing for the ceremony when Billy arrives disguised as a count and warns Clara that her intended is an impostor. As he points an accusing finger at the impostor, one of the spectators notices a ring on his finger and declares him to be the heir to a British fortune. Thus Clara is able to marry the man she loves while also fulfilling her part of the bargain.

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To protect the family name, a man of morals and integrity marries a young woman his brother got pregnant. The woman continues her loose ways with no regard to her new husband begging her to protect his honor.

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In this 8-episode series, well-known director Ashley Miller makes his debut as a producer. By special permission of the Secretary of War, Miller spent several busy weeks at one of the largest training camps in the country; as a result, "Made in America" presents the only authoritative picturization of the training of the American soldier.

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The story tells of the adventures of an unusual young duke, whose father, the old Grand Duke of Kiev, coveted the wife of Count Dardinilis, his colonel of Huzzars; of the old Grand Duke's plot to get her for himself; of her accidental death at the hands of his Cossacks, and of the colonel's escape with his little daughter to America. The young Grand Duke, now an orphan, comes to America to complete his education. The Nihilists send Perelley to kill him, but he is apprehended by the Secret Service, who know the details of the plot. They dress the man in the Grand Duke's clothes and chain him to a carriage, and thus he rides as the nobleman. The Grand Duke, closely resembling Perelley, comes upon their rendezvous and goaded on by the nihilists, throws a box of bonbons at his double, unwillingly riding in the carriage. To make sure of their capture at the opportune time, the Grand Duke goes with them into the country. Perelley escapes from the carriage, and his presence at the rendezvous makes it very necessary that the Grand Duke explain. He escapes, unharmed, with the aid of Dardinilis' daughter. When they are captured by the police the very lenient young Duke calls it a draw and lets it go. Count Dardinilis becomes colonel of the Black Huzzars and his daughter becomes the Duchess of Kiev.

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After Baron Alexis swindles the people of Bellaria out of rich mining lands, King Vladimir, who is told by his counselor Kronski that Alexis bought the land in good faith, sends Prince Niclos to America to negotiate a loan on the king's collateral so that the land can be bought and given back to the people. Kronski goes along with Niclos and his daughter Princess Margot to prevent the loan so that Alexis can sell to a higher bidder. In New York, reporter Tom Kearney, demoted to covering hotels, meets Margot, whom he thinks is the prince's maid, and shows her Coney Island. After Niclos becomes suspicious, Kronski's co-conspirator Baraloff abducts him to an old house in the Bronx. Meanwhile, Margot, upon hearing a reference to Tom as "The Prince of Park Row," delightedly reveals that she is a princess, but their difference in rank depresses Tom, who is now in love. After Tom attempts to rescue Margot, who was caught by Kronski and Baraloff while searching for Niclos, he is captured, but Margot escapes and returns with the police. Niclos' whereabouts are revealed and he is rescued. After the king rewards Tom with the title of Prince of Bellaria, Tom and Margot are free to marry.

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After years of testing, a professor who is intent on building a ship that can travel into space finally succeeds and finishes a working model. After he launches himself into space, he realizes that he had forgotten to take into account that aerodynamic controls have no effect in outer space. He drifts through space and lands on a planet 50 light years away, and proceeds to build a giant telescope with which he can see Earth.