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Speeding Through Synopsis

Helen Stover, the speed-loving daughter of an automobile manufacturer, decides to challenge rival manufacturer Stanley Merritt in a race. Although Mr. Stover is in deep financial trouble, he refuses to allow Helen to enter one of his new cars against Merritt. Determined to have her own way, Helen and mechanic Billy Brooks repair her old car so that Billy can drive in the race. When Merritt's men attack Billy and prevent him from driving, Helen takes his place and wins the race.

Comrade John Synopsis

Architect John Chance, before building a "Dream City" for a religious cult leader, Prophet Stein, visits Paris and rescues an American girl, Cynthia Grey, from riotous masqueraders at a carnival. After they part, Cynthia returns home. Meeting Stein aboard a ship, and having an idealistic nature, she becomes a follower of Stein, who thinks her beauty will attract others. Chance builds the city, agreeing to say it was made by the "comrades" so that Stein's motto, "Beauty Through Toil," will seem to be true. Cynthia and Chance fall in love and when Stein, a married man, attempts to seduce Cynthia, Chance tells the newspapers, which expose Stein and his financially fraudulent practices. The "comrades" burn the "Dream City" and Chance saves Cynthia, while Stein, attempting to leave with his ill-gotten money, dies when a burning beam falls on his head.