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Something Different Synopsis
Heiress and orphaned Alicia Lea, is being forced into a marriage for money, goes to visit her friend Rosa Vargas, who is married to a rich planter in Santiago, Cuba. Rosa's husband Don Luis Vargas is a revolutionary, hostile to the government headed by the president and his brother Don Mariano Calderon, commander of the army. When Alicia visits the fort with the Vargases, the garrison mutinies, and Don Mariano's troops attack. Alicia is captured by Mariano but treated well, and, after she begs Mariano to spare Vargas' life, she is allowed to return to America. Later, in New York, Alicia meets Mariano, exiled from his country for allowing the political prisoners, including Vargas, to escape. Mariano and Alicia fall in love.
Green Eyes Synopsis
Pearson Hunter, a jealous Southern plantation owner, returns home with his new wife Shirley, a Northerner. Shirley's socializing enrages Pearson when he finds her in the company of Alexander Chapman, a drunken wastrel, but after a bitter quarrel, they reconcile. Pearson's younger brother Morgan soon arrives accompanied by his fiancée, Margery Gibson. Shirley befriends Morgan, creating jealousy in Margery, who goes to Pearson for consolation and advice, but instead rekindles Pearson's own jealousy. Later, at a dance in the Hunter home, Chapman reappears uninvited. Morgan, aware of the situation, removes Chapman to the garden where the latter says insulting things about Shirley. Morgan knocks Chapman out, then returns to the house just as Jim Webb, a poor man with consumption enters the garden. Upon seeing Chapman, Webb kills him in revenge of a past conflict, but when a servant discovers the body, Morgan assumes that he is guilty and seeks council from Shirley. Pearson breaks in on them and, assuming a romance between them, despondently goes to the garden where he overhears Webb's confession, which results in a reconciliation among all the parties.
"Something Different" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Green Eyes" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Something Different