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Driftin' Thru Synopsis

Drifting through the Southwest with "Kentuck," his donkey companion, Daniel Brown stops in a town to get bullets to put down the wounded animal. Stopping in a gambling parlor, he is unjustly accused of murdering the proprietor, "Bull" Dunn. Dan escapes from the sheriff, steals a horse, jumps from the steed onto a train, and is hidden by a girl in her Pullman compartment. He later takes refuge with a prospector and learns that the girl who so generously helped him on the train owns a nearby ranch, which, unknown to her, holds rich gold deposits. Joe Walters, the ranch foreman, is plotting with Stella Dunn, the widow of the murdered gambler, to buy the girl's ranch for a pittance. With the help of the old prospector, Dan prevents the sale; and, when he is about to be arrested by the sheriff, the widow Dunn confesses to having murdered her husband.

Words and Music by - Synopsis

Impresario Thomas Sullivan arrives in Ossawatomie, Kansas, to debut a new musical show written by native talent Gene Harris. Sullivan hires singer Millicent Lloyd, who auditions with a song written by her boyfriend, local bookkeeper Brian McBride. The impresario takes Millicent to New York City, where she becomes a famous singer. Brian arrives in the city with a new opera but keeps his presence secret from Millicent until he has achieved notoriety. Unable to complete an opera of his own, Harris steals Brian's work and presents it to Sullivan, who casts Millicent in the lead role. With the help of music publisher Gus Hertz, Brian exposes Harris and reclaims his composition. He and Millicent are reunited, and the opera goes on to great success.