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In Folly's Trail Synopsis

Charles Howard, a young artist in " In The Folly's Trail, " is induced by a friend to attend a week-end party, given by a millionaire social bounder named Max Goldberg. At this event he joins in the general round of elaborate dinners, masquerade dances and the like. He meets a girl singer named Lita O' Farrell, a friend of Goldberg's. The host of the occasion really loves Lita, but she is uncertain of her regard for him. Lita is attracted to Howard and he to her. Though both are doubtful of the outcome, they marry. Howard cannot endure Lita's lack of breeding and she resents his cold, superior attitude. They quarrel frequently and she offers him a chance for a divorce by deliberately going back to Goldberg. Howard, stung by his jealousy, follows, threatening to kill Goldberg. The latter assures him no harm has come to Lita. He finds her and she tells him of her coming child. They determine to make another effort to live happily together. - The Moving Picture World, 1920.

The Upper Crust Synopsis

Poor Molly O'Toole takes a job as housekeeper at the country home of wealthy Mrs. J. Van Ranselear Todd. Arriving at "Castle Crags," Molly is mistaken by the villagers for Mrs. Todd, and decides to continue the masquerade, thus attracting the attentions of Captain Hancock, her wealthy neighbor. Meanwhile Mrs. Todd's roguish son Algernon has purchased a donkey and cart from peddler Joe Holmes and is traveling through the country when he arrives at Castle Crags to discover Molly masquerading as his mother. Deciding not to reveal his own identity or expose Molly, Algernon takes a job as her chauffeur. The two fall in love and Algernon begs Molly to marry him, but she is reluctant to part with the captain's millions. A series of events makes Molly believe that her chauffeur has become a forger on her account, however, and she realizes her love for him. She resolves to give up the captain, but at that point Mrs. Todd arrives, claims Algernon as her son and welcomes Molly as her future daughter-in-law.