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Dir: Norman Dawn

Tse Chan, a Chinese viceroy, believing his wife to be unfaithful, sentences her to death. After learning of her innocence too late, he sends his son, Li Chan, to America and goes into seclusion. Li Chan returns to the fatherland as a successful engineer and falls in love with Hyacinth, daughter of a poor basket-weaver. She is kidnapped by the viceroy, and thinking she has deserted him, Li Chan goes to the city and becomes famous as a teacher. Engaged to give private lessons to the niece of Ho Ling, he soon learns that his pupil is none other than Hyacinth, and he plans an escape for her. They seek refuge in the caverns of "The Sleeping Dragon," an active volcano, but overcome by fumes, they are forced to surrender and are sentenced to the torture of Ling Chee by the lifting of the "Vermilion Pencil." During an eruption of the volcano, the lovers escape and flee from the city.

Dir: Norman Dawn

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

Convent-reared Aline Ann Belame receives a letter from her grandfather General Belame, whom she had never previously met. The letter summons Aline to the old man's plantation to meet the husband he has chosen for her. Elated at the prospect of having a home and a husband, Aline arrives at the plantation only to learn that her fiancé, Monsieur Cayetane, is a withered old man. Aline refuses the match and soon falls in love with Burton Striker, who is installing a vault door on the General's wine cellar. When their plans for elopement are discovered, Cayetane challenges Burton to a duel. Cayetane's bullet goes astray and breaks the General's prized pipe, prompting him to break his granddaughter's engagement. However, the General still withholds his blessings, so Burton retaliates by withholding the combination to the vault. The General graciously concedes defeat.

Dir: Norman Dawn

Dulce, last of the Alvarez family, lives with her mother in the Andes and is worshiped by Pancho, a half-caste. Gringo Burke, an American renegade, robs and kills her mother. Accusing Pancho of cowardice, Dulce vows to seek revenge. As a cafe dancer she meets Burke, and American derelict David Ross defends her against him. The eruption of Cotopaxi finishes off Burke and his gang, who have come to steal ore in the mines, and Dulce saves Ross from the burning lava.

Dir: Norman Dawn

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

With his wife in the country, Andy gets polished up and goes out sporting. A flock of girls are playing pushball. One of them gets caught on a limb. Gump cuts her down and she falls for him, making the husky trainer jealous, but the girl won't let him punch Gump. The ball rolls down a hill, Gump fleeing before it. The ball bumps him all over the landscape and he arrives home battered and torn. He shaves again and uses hair restorer on his face instead of shaving lotion, causing a heavy beard to grow. In front of a ladies' Turkish bath establishment he sees the husky trainer and ducks into the bath parlors, hiding in the steam cabinet. In trying to escape he is discovered, but he disguises as a woman taking off the beard with hair remover, and is put through various grilling treatments by a woman attendant. Finally escaping to the street, he is followed by the husky trainer, but asks a policeman to protect him from the "masher." The cop escorts him a short distance when the brawny sweetheart of the policemen, mad with jealousy steps out of a doorway, beats up her rival whose wig falls off revealing Gump to the trainer who puts him to rout.

Dir: Norman Dawn

A South Seas adventurer goes after a gang that kidnaps his girlfriend, who belongs to a local tribe, in order to force him to hand over a gold shipment being sent to him.

Dir: Norman Dawn

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Min's Away perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Umluk, an Eskimo chief, falls into a crevice while hunting and is rescued by Dr. Wells, a distinguished Arctic explorer and scientist. Umluk returns to his igloo, where he finds Mike Burke, an ex-whaler who runs a trading post in partnership with Izzy Hawkins. Mike has been attempting to win the favor of Umluk's promised bride, the Eskimo-Russian Wamba, by giving her trinkets. Umluk forces Mike to leave, but the trader returns later and takes the willing Wamba away with him, forcing her sister, Nootka, to accompany them as their servant. Umluk learns of the betrayal from Izzy and pursues the party in a light sled. He soon catches sight of the three travelers, but an unlucky accident to his sled prevents him from reaching them. Umluk eventually finds the group in a rough settlement, and, after several trials and tribulations, returns to his icy home with the faithful Nootka, leaving the degraded Wamba behind.

Dir: Norman Dawn

A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.

Dir: Norman Dawn

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Black Cargos of the South Seas perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In Baja Mexico, poor shepherdess Isola Garcia agrees to marry aging rancher Don Pio Mendoza because he is dying and needs an heir for his fortune. She leaves the hacienda when she hears that bandits have raided her flock, and when a young American schooner captain, Paul Corbin, comes to her rescue, she falls in love. Then, as they walk on the beach, Mendoza's secretary arrives to inform her that Don Pio has recovered and wants her to return to him. The secretary takes her to a hotel, where he tries to convince her that he is the real Pio Mendoza, but she refuses to have relations with him unless he marries her the next morning at the church. That night, she encounters a young man, buys his clothes, and escapes the hotel in disguise. At the quay, Isola sees Paul's schooner in the distance and jumps into the water to swim to him. However, the gang has taken over the schooner and imprisoned Paul and his crew in the hold. With the aid of a marijuana-addled young bandit named Sanchez, Isola frees the crew, which subdues the Mexicans. Isola and Paul sail away together to the United States on the schooner.

Dir: Norman Dawn

The story of a crazy film company attempting to make the first 'talkie' in Australia. Two divas compete for the main role.

Dir: Norman Dawn

A boy, who has been reading the adventures of Sinbad, falls asleep and, in his dreams, goes through Sinbad's experiences.