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Seven Deadly Sins Synopsis

A series of seven 5-reel features (q.v.), based on stories published in The Ladies World, a McClure publication, depicting each of the Seven Deadly Sins: (1) Envy (1917), (2) Pride (1917), (3) Greed (1917), (4) Sloth (1917), (5) Passion (1917), (6) Wrath (1917), and (7) The Seventh Sin (1917). The characters of Adam and Eve, portrayed by George Le Guere and Shirley Mason, were represented in some capacity within each story. The films were cut to two reels and re-released in 1918.

Beyond the Law Synopsis

When Deputy US Marshal Frank Dalton is killed in the line of duty, his brothers Bob and Grat are appointed to replace him. However, when they discover corruption in the higher echelons of the Marshals Service, they resign in disgust. Grat is cheated by a crooked gambler and takes back his money at gunpoint, but that winds up getting them labeled as robbers. Grat is wrongly accused of train robbery and imprisoned. When he breaks out of prison he and his brother decide to take their revenge by actually robbing the express company that falsely accused him in the first place.