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Something for Nothing Synopsis

Kid Roberts, seeking the championship crown, gets lost in the wilds of Mexico with Joe Murphy, his manager and Ptomaine Tommy, his sparring partner. In their attempt to locate Tia Juana where the big fight is to be held, they come upon what seems to be the beautiful estate of a wealthy man. On entering, however, they find that it is the retreat of a famous bandit, who, on learning that Kid Roberts is the head of the party, decides to hold them for ransom instead of killing them. After making this startling announcement, the bandit points out two men, loitering near by, and warns his new guests that if he catches them talking to them, he will have them executed forthwith. Consequently our heroes repulse the several advances made by the gentlemen during their stay. Later the bandit sends some of his men to bring the champion heavyweight to his retreat so that he can witness a fight between him and Kid Roberts. Bob Young, the champ, arrives tied to his manager and the fight is arranged. The bandit announces that the loser will be shot, before he can get up from the floor. The result of this announcement is a corking good fight. At the end the bandit has become so excited that he nearly has a fit. Several of his attendants rush to him and carry him away. It is then that Kid Roberts learns that the bandit is nothing but a mentally deranged man who is being taken care of by his relatives. The gentlemen to whom they were forbidden to speak on pain of death were the men in charge of the sanatorium. He is certainly sore that he put up such a good fight for nothing.

The Pearl of Paradise Synopsis

Yulita is known to the inhabitants of one of the South Sea islands as "The Peart of Paradise." Her father, Gomez, a Spanish fugitive from justice, has reared her in ignorance of the evils of the outside world. Piete Van Dekken, the captain of a Dutch schooner and the only other white man the girl has even seen, is infatuated with her. John Dellow and his fiancée on a yachting cruise are forced to jump from the yacht and the next morning Dellow is found on the beach by Yulita. Gomez orders John shot, but Yulita saves his life and Gomez tells Dellow of how years before he married an American girl after accidentally killing her husband and another man. They fled to the island and there the mother died shortly after Yulita was born. Later John realizes his love for the girl but also remembers that she is a child. Van Dekken comes to the island and engages in a fight over Yulita. Denise, Dellow's fiancée, is also saved and found by John, who takes her with him and leaves Yulita alone on the island. He then sees Yulita start out in a boat after them and plunge into the sea. Dellow awakens from his dream in time to save Yulita from Van Dekken and the next day sails for home with his "Pearl of Paradise."