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Stranded in Paris Synopsis
American shop-girl Julie McFadden wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who must kiss her when she loses a sack race. In Paris, Julie finds her proposed residence destroyed, and while waiting for Bob her purse is snatched; in the ensuing chase she gets lost and enters a dressmaker shop, where the two owners are in dire need of an English-speaking girl to deliver some gowns. Accidentally she is given free entry to the apartment of Countess Pasada and is shown to her rooms; the count is in his pajamas when she emerges from her bath, and she locks him in the bathroom. Later, attempting to escape, she runs into Bob's arms and is forced to hide from the countess in a perambulator. Following a series of whirlwind escapades, Julie extricates herself and is happily united with Bob.
Rough-Riding Romance Synopsis
Dreamer dairyman Phineas Dobbs of Cow Hollow suddenly acquires a fortune when oil is discovered on his ranch, and celebrates by throwing a party for the whole town. One day a young woman comes to town, delayed by train trouble. Dobbs rescues her from the town bully, and agrees to follow her to San Francisco. The woman is actually a princess who is being forced into a marriage with a man who wants to share her throne. Dobbs rides by Market Street to the St. Francis Hotel in his Western garb, and performs daring stunts to rescue the princess in distress. Together they free the princess' father. Dobbs then returns to Cow Hollow, and the princess gives up her throne to become Mrs. Phineas Dobbs.
"Rough-Riding Romance" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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Stranded in Paris