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It Happened to Adele Synopsis

Adele was a child of romance. Even in the sordid tenement she felt a desire to go on the stage. Accidentally Adele and her mother met Blanche, who had been on the stage with Adele's mother, and it was through her that Adele received her first chance. Then she met Vincent Harvey, an embryonic opera composer who found inspiration in her and she in turn found romance. Adele was practicing kicking one morning very energetically. So much so that she kicked her slipper out of the window and it hit John W. Horton, a broker. Looking around, he became horrified. Adele had climbed out on to the fire escape, became dizzy and fell. An awning broke her fall. Blanche was the first one to her side. Learning that she was not hurt, Blanche made her lie still, while she turned to the crowd and told them that Adele was a poor chorus girl who tried to commit suicide. It wasn't long before Adele sprang into fame, as the incident brought her plenty of publicity and Horton told her that if she ever needed a friend to call on him. Vincent completed his opera and at his request, Adele took it to Horton and asked him to produce it. He gladly consented and it turned out to be a really good opera, for Vincent threw himself into it heart and soul. He forgot everything, even Adele. Mary, Vincent's Uncle's adopted daughter, came to see Adele and asked her to give up Vincent as he belonged to her, and who ever married him would have to be content with his disposition as he loved no one except his music and himself. Adele did not believe this until she found him wanting. Accidentally a fire started; Vincent remembered his opera was on Adele's table. Rushing in he paid no heed to her but snatched up his music. Horton, who decided to take a trip to the pole was about to leave when suddenly Blanche, unknown to Adele came and asked him not to go. Returning he found the house in flames.

The Crown Prince's Double Synopsis

Prince Oscar of Ostrau, about to marry a princess from a neighboring country to please his father, King Gustave, is saved from that fate when an uprising causes the princess to leave. After Prince Oscar indulges in a dalliance with a burlesque actress in London, England, King Gustave arranges for his American friend, Peter Hart, to take Oscar to the U.S., where Oscar marries Peter's sister, Isabelle. The wedding news, coming as the king returns to the throne, causes him to send his chief of police, Baron Hagar, to have the marriage annulled and return the prince home. After Peter, Isabelle, and Oscar escape from the baron, they discover an unemployed clerk, Barry Lawrence, who looks just like Oscar. They give him $1,000 to lead the baron off their trail, but when Barry's sweetheart, Shirley Rives, thought to be Isabelle, is endangered, Oscar reveals himself to the baron and refuses to return. He then renounces his claim to the throne and becomes an American citizen.