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Dawn of Revenge Synopsis

"Ace" Hall is a bitter, half-crazed man who was disabled as a result of losing Alice Blake to Nelson Miles and going over a cliff in a fight with Miles. Hall kidnaps the Mileses' infant son and rears the boy, Judson, as his own. He later discovers that there is also a beautiful Miles daughter, Sherry. Plotting his final revenge, Hall maneuvers Judson into marriage to his own sister. At the wedding ceremony, Alice learns Judson's identity, but she then reveals that Sherry was adopted. The young couple finds happiness, and Hall dies in an explosion.

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.