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Passionate Youth Synopsis

Mary Rand, who wants the best both for herself and for her daughter, Henrietta, divorces her husband, a poor minister, and returns to her lucrative law practice. She soon falls in love with her law partner, Corbin, who in turn falls in love with Henrietta and romances both mother and daughter. Mary is elected district attorney; Corbin is found murdered, and Henrietta is blamed for the crime. John Rand, who was a lawyer before he became a minister, defends his daughter in court and proves that the gun found on her person was not the gun used to shoot Corbin. Henrietta is freed, and John and Mary are reconciled.

Blackmail Synopsis

Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.