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Ramshackle House Synopsis
Pen Broome, who lives with her father on their rundown estate in southern Florida, helps Don Counsell hide from detectives who seek him for the murder of his business partner. Don is being framed by Ernest Riever, who holds the real murderer, Spike Talley, captive aboard his yacht. Don is finally captured by Riever and placed in a ballast bulkhead into which water is allowed to flow. Pen finds the yacht with the aid of a Seminole man and offers Riever marriage in return for Don's life just as Spike breaks in. Fearing a double-cross, he denounces Riever for the murder. Detectives enter and rescue Don, while Riever shoots himself.
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.
"Ramshackle House" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Blackmail" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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