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Senor Daredevil Synopsis

The rich mines of Sonora are the prize of a battle of wits and shots between "Tiger" O'Flagherty, master of the supply wagon-train, and Jesse Wilks, secretly the head of a bandit gang which repeatedly robs the train, thinking thus to starve out the miners. "Tiger's" ward, Sally Blake, runs the town's only restaurant. The "Tiger" is wounded by the bandit and his servant writes to his wife, who lives apart from him in Mexico, with his grown son, Don Luis, of whose existence the father is ignorant. The Senora sends the boy to his father's aid. Arriving anonymously, he turns the tables on Wilks in several encounters and falls in love with Sally. Some capitalists are brought in, despite Wilks' opposition, who appraise the mines at high value but will not invest unless wagon-freight service is assured. So on Luis, now known "wenor Daredevil," attacks the train and recaptures the wagon in a battle in which Wilks is killed. leaving Sonora free from his menace, and Don Luis and Sally the opportunity to make arrangements for their marriage.

The Great Shadow Synopsis

Jim McDonald, the foreman of a shipbuilding plant and head of the labor union, strives to combat the anarchistic propaganda being put forth by Klimoff, the leader of a Bolshevik gang whose goal is to disrupt the country with strikes and anarchy. Despite McDonald's efforts, a strike is called, resulting in chaos. McDonald's child is knocked down by runaway horses abandoned by their striking driver, and dies. Mob scenes take place in America, as well as in Russia. Eventually, the unrest is quelled with an armistice called between Capital and Labor for a year, during which time wages are to be increased to reflect the cost of living, and leaders are to work out a common plan for their mutual advantage. The strikers now realize that they have been pawns of the Bolsheviks and call off the strike, agreeing to the plan.