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Officer 666 Synopsis

Learning the notorious art thief Alf Wilson plans to steal his valuable paintings, idle millionaire Travers Gladwyn decides to amuse himself by guarding his own home. After bribing Policeman Phelan, Officer 666, with a $500 bill, Travers dons the officer's uniform and identity. When Wilson appears at his mansion, Travers questions him and discovers that Wilson is posing as Travers, claiming that he is packing up his paintings for safe keeping. Then Helen Barton, who has promised to elope with Wilson, arrives, assuming that she is in the Wilson home. Travers, who has fallen in love with Helen, is agitated by this, and so reveals his true identity and summons Phelan. Wilson matches wits against the millionaire by attempting to convince the officer that the $500 bill is counterfeit. When the police arrive, both men claim to be Travers Gladwyn until a detective, intent on arresting Wilson for the kidnapping of Helen Barton, appears and identifies the real crook. The situation thus clarified, Travers wins Helen.

Skinner's Bubble Synopsis

William Manning Skinner, having attained a junior partnership in the firm of McLaughlin and Perkins, aspires to higher things. He figures that by working for himself he can become the Napoleon of the industrial world. He resigns his position and sets up in business for himself on a big scale. Skinner runs onto the verge of bankruptcy. He neglected to note that the prestige of the old-established firm he left had been largely responsible for his past success. Does he confess his failure to Honey, his adoring little wife? No. He informs her casually he is making money so fast he cannot count it. Honey confides to Mrs. McLaughlin, who in turn tells her husband. McLaughlin and Perkins decide they have made a tremendous mistake in letting Skinner get out of the firm. So it happens that just as Skinner is preparing to go into bankruptcy, a miserable failure, the partners make him a staggering offer to become again a member of their firm. It was Skinner's bluff that did it, coupled with Honey's unfailing belief in her husband's Napoleonic might.