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Beyond the Sierras Synopsis

The U.S. Government sends an undercover-agent to California in the days when American land-thieves were preying upon Sanish families holding rich land-grants from the Spanish Crown. Don Carlos del Valle, who has a beautiful sister, Rosa, has a grant that also has a gold mine, and land-grabber Owens plans to get it. The agent learns of Owens' plans and shows up at a masquerade ball, masked-and-cloaked, to warn Don Carlos. Owens and his gang show up with a forged land grant but the agent saves Don Carlos by killing one of the henchmen but is unable to prevent his assassination. In the aftermath, Rosas loses the hacienda and holdings and blames the Masked Stranger. Since no one has seen his face, he holds onto his masquerade costume and sets out to save the property for Rosa.

Man's Plaything Synopsis

While working as a flower girl in Devlin Maddox's nightclub, Nellie Vaughan meets wealthy young Pelton Van Teel and falls in love. Maddox, desirous of using Nellie to blackmail Van Teel, spreads a rumor that she is his mistress. This makes Nellie uncomfortable, and she demands that Van Teel marry her immediately, to which he agrees. Meanwhile, Van Teel has been losing money gambling to Maddox, who threatens to break up the marriage by producing a worthless check that the young husband has written. Venturing to Maddox's apartment for a showdown, Nellie pulls a gun and demands the check, accidentally shooting Maddox when he throws a lamp at her. Maddox plans to charge Nellie with assault, but when the police arrive, his butler, actually a detective employed by the elder Van Teel, exposes Maddox, who is then arrested, clearing the path for the couple's happiness.