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Heart Strings Synopsis

Pierre Fournel is a violinist living in a Canadian village with his sister, Gabrielle. Gabrielle is tricked into a mock marriage by Rouget, but she keeps the matter secret from her brother. Two New Yorkers, Kathleen Noyes and her fiancé Rupert Blake, arrive in the village, where Kathleen takes an interest in Pierre. Blake tries to discredit him. Pierre discovers that his sister has a child, and takes her and the child to New York. Unable to sell any of his compositions, Pierre takes a job in a café, where he is discovered by Kathleen. She invites him to play at her home. Blake directs Rouget to steal Kathleen's jewels, and Gabrielle is blamed. To protect his sister, Pierre declares that he stole the jewels, and Kathleen refuses to press charges. Eventually, Pierre learns the truth about the Rouget's shame marriage and compels Rouget to marry Gabrielle. Kathleen and Blake are about to be married when Rouget exposes Blake. Kathleen then seeks forgiveness from Pierre.

The Galley Slave Synopsis

Francesca Brabaut, who married an artist against her father's advice, regrets her decision when her husband Antoine, in debt, sends her to his misanthropic uncle to plead for money. After Francesca refuses the uncle's offer to change his will if she will have sex with him, the uncle, declaring that he has misjudged women, decides to leave money to provide for Francesca and her child but dies of heart failure first. Antoine inherits a castle and title and deserts Francesca. Later, while posing in Florence for an American artist, Francesca meets the artist's sweetheart, American heiress Cecily Blaine, whose mother wants her to marry someone with a title. When Francesca learns that Antoine plans to marry Cecily, she threatens to expose him, but he convinces Cecily that Francesca and the artist are married. Cecily then consents to marry Antoine. After Francesca and the artist are sent to the galleys unjustly for theft, Antoine is exposed. When he tries to kidnap their child, Francesca shoots him, whereupon Cecily marries the artist.