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Dir: Richard Stanton

While out on a plundering expedition, outlaw Dick Durand comes upon a band of Indians attacking a group of settlers. Dick opens fire on the Indians, but before he forces them to flee, they kill everyone except three children and Durand himself. Durand places the children in the care of Molly Gore, who does not suspect that the kind horseman is actually the outlaw being blamed for the massacre. Although he knows that the sheriff is in close pursuit, Dick stops to rescue a girl who has been kidnapped by the Indians. After he returns her to her father, the sheriff takes Durand prisoner. However, unknown to Durand, the girl he has saved is the governor's daughter, and the executive, urged on by Molly, intercedes and pardons the outlaw, who then settles down to a peaceful life with Molly.

Dir: Richard Stanton

Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order to save someone he loves from disaster.

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

Dir: Richard Stanton

a young man gos on a weekend hunting trip; soon finds out that instead of being the hunter he has become the hunted .. in a desperate quest for survival he must battle a savage hunger Beast

Dir: Richard Stanton

Virginia Lake, the ward of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Belfield, returns the love of Captain Robert Macklin, but because she wishes to further her career as an artist, she feigns indifference to him. The Countess Collona of Italy hopes to win Robert for herself, and to this end, she plots with Signor Conte to frame Virginia for the robbery of a valuable Italian painting that the Italian government has allowed Virginia to copy. In the meantime, Virginia's friend Betty marries Belfield, but government concerns demand so much of his time that the young wife is frequently left alone. When Betty runs away with Paul Hollister, Virginia pursues the two and convinces Betty to return home. On the same night, Conte steals the painting, replacing it with Virginia's copy. Because her alibi would implicate Betty, Virginia accepts the blame in silence, but later, she traps Conte and the countess into revealing their guilt. Her name cleared, Virginia finally surrenders to her feelings and accepts Robert.

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

Dir: Richard Stanton

Bob McGuire, Royal Northwest Mounted officer trailing a ring of opium smugglers, suspects gambling house proprietor Big Bill Lusk. Lusk's plan is to frame McGuire by drugging him and marrying him to Katie Peck, a dance hall girl who knows the plot. McGuire's superior officer is killed, and McGuire is accused of the murder; but Katie, who has fallen in love with McGuire, discloses that Lusk is the murderer and exposes the smugglers' plot.

Dir: Richard Stanton

An American is sent to Germany to unearth the identities of German agents operating in the U. S. He infiltrates the German secret service in an attempt to abscond with a list of undercover German operatives.

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

Dir: Richard Stanton

After four men have proposed to Adele Moore, a beautiful young woman whose father wishes her to marry for financial reasons, she is undecided as to the one she prefers and decides to consult a fortune teller. Gazing into the crystal ball, Adele witnesses an enactment of the life she would lead with each one of them and is shocked to find every marriage ending in heartache. The lawyer proves faithless, the banker steals money, the doctor neglects her, and the poor clerk suggests that she sacrifice her honor to his threatening employer. Dismissing all of them, Adele moves to Vermont and opens a store. Business is slow until a passing salesman assumes management of the store and transforms it into a booming success. Happy at last, Adele agrees to marry him.

Dir: Richard Stanton

In New York, Bill Stratton saves a friend's marriage, but Bill's fiancée, Evelyn, misinterprets the situation and believes Bill to be unfaithful to her. She breaks her engagement, and Bill, in remorse, goes to Alaska. In the town of Yellow Gulch, Bill meets "Silver" Jack Belmont, the man responsible for nearly ruining the marriage of Bill's friend. Bill also learns that an old miner named "Lucky" Matthew Durant is Evelyn's father. Durant has been lying to his daughter, claiming he is rich. Bill tells Evelyn the truth about her father, but she does not believe him. Instead, she believes Belmont when he says he will take her to her father's mine. Eventually, Bill and Belmont confront each other and Bill defeats Belmont in a fight. Bill then reconciles Evelyn and her father.

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

Dir: Richard Stanton

The senorita, Juanita, loves gallant Capt. Arthur Boyce, on duty near the border. He does not love her, but she contrives to make his fiancée, Clare Nelson, think that he does. The result is that Clare breaks off the engagement. Juanita's passion turns to hatred when she finds she cannot compel Boyce to love her. In a fit of rage, she arranges a scheme by which the officer is accused of having murdered a woman. In the trial that follows, Boyce is convicted. Meantime, a hand of Mexicans led by Juanita and Costa, a Mexican in love with Clare, raids an American town. In the place are Clare and her uncle, Nelson, who has been secretly furnishing the Mexicans with munitions. Costa takes Clare prisoner. Juanita finds the girl with her uncle and Costa in a rude shack. She sees a way to get revenge on Clare. She will force her to marry Lopez, one of the bandits in her employ. While she is thinking over this plan, Arthur Boyce is brought into the hut. He had been exonerated of wrong, when the real murderer, stirred by the pangs of conscience, confessed. Resuming his command, he rushed to the rescue of the captured party, only to be defeated by the Mexicans and taken prisoner himself. Clare and Boyce are left with Lopez in the shack. By a skillful piece of maneuvering, the girl outwits the guard, and she and Boyce escape from the building. Rescue is fast arriving from a nearby American army post. The bandits are pursuing Clare and Boyce, and Juanita rides frantically in the vanguard. But she is too late. A stray shot brings her from her horse, and she dies with a curse on her lips for the woman who won the love she could not have.

Dir: Richard Stanton

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