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A Million to Burn Synopsis

The owner of a resort hotel promotes Tom Gwynne, a college boy working as a waiter, to manager. As a result of his mismanagement the hotel loses several thousand dollars. Tom inherits a million and buys the hotel to continue his experimental management, which is to give the employees time and opportunity for self-expression--to do what they like best to do. With the grounds full of acrobats, musicians, and dancers, the hotel goes bankrupt. The old manager returns, buys the hotel, but retains Tom--now that he has learned his lesson--as manager.

Convict 993 Synopsis

Convict 993 Roslyn Ayre, breaks out of prison, leaving her envious cellmate, Neva Stokes, behind. Roslyn settles into an affluent new life and is wooed by the wealthy Rodney Travers. After Neva is released from prison, she and gang leader Dan Mallory blackmail Roslyn into robbing the guests attending a reception at her home. Roslyn steals the jewels and then makes a deal with Mallory to double-cross the gang and escape together. The gang learns of this, and when they demand their share, Roslyn reveals that she has been a Secret Service agent from the first and turns the gang over to the law.