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Dir: Duke Worne

Rather than be forced by her shrewish stepmother into marriage to wealthy but cruel Silas Newton, Ruth Hammond leaves her country home and goes to the city, where she is aided by Violet Benson. Newton finds her there and tries to force his attentions on her, but she has him thrown out of her hotel. Newton spreads false rumors and scandal in the country village, while Pastor Emerson, who loves Ruth, takes Ruth and Violet into his home. In a sermon he denounces Ruth's vilifiers, and the stepmother admits her shortcomings and welcomes the girls back to her home.

Dir: Duke Worne

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

A wealthy Wyomingite disowns his son, Wayne Sturgis (William Fairbanks), for marrying art student Joan Prescott (Dorothy Revier). After several years on a small farm, Joan begins to suffer from disillusion, unhappiness, and poor health. The marriage is nearly ruined by the attentions that Monte Brett (Gladden James), a neighbor, pays Joan. Wayne struggles to make good and is eventually rewarded when his father forgives him and welcomes the young couple home.

Dir: Duke Worne

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Duke Worne

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Trooper 77 perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Duke Worne

It is love that brings about the awakening of the hero, who finds himself in time to prevent the villain from cheating the hero's aged mother out of her holdings and also making off with his sweetheart.

Dir: Duke Worne

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

George Benton returns home from college after having forged a check, and his older brother, Adam, sacrifices his life savings to save George from jail. George soon weds Elsie, an orphan who lives on the Benton farm; but shortly after the newlywed couple leaves the farm on their honeymoon a girl arrives on the farm and identifies herself as George's first wife. Adam rushes to the cabin where George and Elsie are staying, and the brothers fight. Adam is knocked senseless, and George, who thinks that he has killed his brother, rushes horrified from the cabin and falls over a cliff. Adam regains consciousness and rescues George. George reforms and makes good with his first wife; Adam marries Elsie.

Dir: Duke Worne

A young American [Billy Banner] arrives at Valdonia to collect a debt which the kingdom owes his millionaire father. He impersonates a Valdonian prince for a day, and wins the love of Princess Iris, the queen of the kingdom.

Dir: Duke Worne

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Heart of a Coward perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A criminal gang gains the confidence of a superstitious San Francisco millionaire Lorenzo Hayward by posing as clairvoyants. Having acquired his power of attorney, the swindlers then kidnap the millionaire's daughter Helen. Dick, a young man in love with Helen sets out after the kidnappers and, after a wild chase up and down the hills of the city, rescues her and brings the criminals to justice.

Dir: Duke Worne

Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!

Dir: Duke Worne

A drifter is befriended by the owner of a lumber camp, and repays his benefactor by foiling a plot of timber pirates.