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Dir: Charles Hutchison

Roy Cummins, a former military pilot, runs exhibition flights at a summer resort. Returning from a trip to fly a passenger to a steamship--for which he was paid $500--he meets Patricia Barton, who warns him against accepting the money. It seems she has learned that the passenger he has delivered to the ship is a criminal fleeing the law with some valuable stolen goods. He soon finds himself mixed up with a ring of thieves, airborne bandits who attack cargo planes and a sexy "vamp" sent by the gang's leader to seduce him into turning over what information he knows about them.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

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

A phony "psychic" ring tricks a pretty young circus performer into working for them.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

A scientist invents a poison gas; the villain and his gang will do anything to get the formula; our hero, "Lightning Hutch", is sent to save the scientist, the scientist's beautiful daughter, and the formula.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

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

There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristocracy, and a Count d'Alencourt is arrested on the basis of a long police record involving jewel thefts and later convicted. The story follows the activities of his accomplices who escape, led by Daniel Treve. Daniel and a gang-member hide out in a small Connecticut town, where Danny marries a local girl, Mary Gate, when her guardians try to railroad her in a reform school when she refuses to marry their son. She is the innocent means by which Danny gets the stolen jewels to New York. Danny tells her he only went through with the marriage to save her, and gives her money to live on until she can obtain a position. He them leaves New York determined to quit the rackets and make himself worthy of her. She then provides the way in which he can.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

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

A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer, but the local Mountie starts to get suspicious.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

Kirk Allenby is hired by the Cattleman's Association to track down and arrest a rancher who they believe is stealing cattle. Allenby finds his quarry but is astounded to discover that that man, Bob Enright, looks enough like him to be his twin. He is forced to shoot Enright, but as the man lay dying he gets Allenby to promise that he will help Enright's sister, who is being forced to marry the real boss of the cattle rustling operation, who has framed Enright in order to take over his ranch.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Women Men Marry perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.

Dir: Charles Hutchison

To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the killers.