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Secret Marriage Synopsis

Daughter of a small town police lieutenant, Mary MacLaren tells her story while on the witness stand for drunkenness and attempted suicide. Mary's friend Helen, the daughter of the police captain, persuades Mary to do things against her better judgment. After Mary inadvertently sips spiked punch, she puts the house key in her coat pocket and then loans the coat to a friend who decides to get married at once. The coat is not returned, and without her key, Mary stays out all night. She is caught by the police, led by her father, in a hotel room with a man. Finally, Mary manages to unravel the chain of circumstantial evidence that had threatened her good reputation.

The Buzzard's Shadow Synopsis

At a remote army fort in the desert, Alice Corbett--a widow with a small daughter--makes money by doing laundry and cooking for the soldiers. Sgt. Barnes, a scout at the post, gradually falls in love with her. One night at a party for the commanding officer, Col. Sears, Barnes sees Dr. Deschamps, the post physician, making a pass at Mrs. Sears. The next day he spots the two riding together, and later confronts Deschamps, demanding that he resign his commission or be exposed for his attempt to seduce the colonel's wife. Deshamps has no intention of resigning, and together with half-breed Unitah, who hates Barnes for beating him in a fight, comes up with a plan to get rid of Barnes without the crime being traced back to him.