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Back to Life Synopsis

During World War I, American pilot John Lothbury joins the French Air Force. When his plane is shot down in combat, the French government reports that he was killed, but in fact he was captured and placed in a German POW camp. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., his brother has embezzled $10,000 from businessman Wallace Straker, and when he's notified that his brother has been killed, he blames the theft on him. John's fiancée marries Straker to avoid a scandal but is still in love with John. John eventually escapes from the POW camp and makes his way back to the U.S.

Blackmail Synopsis

Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.