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Children Not Wanted Synopsis

When her best friend dies and leaves her four-year-old daughter Betty in her care, orphan Dorothy Crane, feeling unwelcome in the home of her aunt and uncle, takes her charge and heads for New York City. There she discovers that children are not wanted by landlords, and so experiences difficulty finding a place to live, until kindly Mrs. Farley offers her a room. Through the want ads, Dorothy becomes a receptionist for gem dealer Marcus Hazzard, and at her job meets Robert Barrington, a collector. The two fall in love, though Hazzard is also attracted to Dorothy, arousing the jealousy of his business partner, Madame Duval. One day, because Mrs. Farley is ill, Dorothy takes Betty to the office. Calling Dorothy into his private office, Hazzard begins to make sexual advances when a shot rings out, and Hazzard falls to the floor. Dorothy turns in amazement to see Betty standing in the doorway, a smoking pistol at her feet. Believing that the child shot Hazzard, Dorothy takes her and flees. Madame Duval and her Hindu servant, Ali Bey, tell the police that Dorothy killed Hazzard, until Ali finally reveals that Madame Duval fired the shot out of jealousy, thus freeing Dorothy to find happiness with Barrington.

Arsene Lupin Synopsis

Gifted with charm of manner and a prepossessing appearance, Arsene Lupin, instead of employing his talents along legitimate lines, prefers to match his wits against those of the French police, with the result that he becomes the most celebrated crook of his time. Always after big game, he moves in the most exclusive circles of French society, and takes advantage of an opportunity to pass himself off as the Duke de Charmerace. Assuming the Duke's title and estates, he sets about the delicate task of stealing the rare works of art and the enormously valuable jewels belonging to a M. Guernay-Martin. As the first step in this direction he becomes engaged to Germaine, Guernay-Martin's daughter. Under the cloak of their hospitality he commits a series of audacious robberies, stealing old masters off the walls and always signing his name on the wallpaper to show he committed the theft. The distracted art collector calls in Guerchard, the shrewdest detective in Paris, but even under the nose of this sleuth, the thefts continue as before. Germaine's secretary, Sonla Kritchnoff, attracts more than the passing attention of Lupin and before he has finished with the Guernay-Martins he finds himself in love with her. Guerchard finally draws the net of suspicion so closely about Lupin that the latter is forced to leave the Guernay-Martin home and hide in his own apartment. Just before leaving he discovers that Sonia is also a thief, and the shock of this knowledge determines him to lead a straight life thereafter and take her along with him. Though Guerchard trails him to his hiding place he makes use of an ingenious concealed elevator and at the last exciting moment, slips from between the detective's fingers and escapes with Sonia to safety.