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Ten Modern Commandments Synopsis

Kitten O'Day, who works as maid in a theatrical boardinghouse, firmly refuses a stage career, though she is the daughter of a theater family. However, when songwriter Tod Gilbert takes up residence in the house, Kitten falls in love. Tod poses as a success, intimating that he is to write songs for Sharon Lee, a Broadway prima donna. Kitten then learns that he is unable to contact, Sharon's manager, Disbrow, and decides to help. She takes a chorus job, but arouses Sharon's animosity through her efforts to promote Tod's song. When Tod assaults the manager, Kitten is forced to lock Disbrow in the bathroom while she tries to persuade Sharon to sing the song. In a stunning manner, Kitten presents the song herself, winning over Disbrow and assuring her happiness with Tod.

The Key to Power Synopsis

Bruce Wendell, the son of West Virginia coal mine owner James Wendell, graduates from West Point and prepares to lead a fighting unit to the front during World War I. As his father lies dying, however, he convinces Bruce to remain at home and guard the mine. Bruce's fiancée Ann Blair assumes that he is a coward and breaks off their engagement, but her brother Bobbie remains Bruce's loyal friend. Meyer, a German agent, persuades railroad president Parrish to refuse to transport Wendell's coal, but when Bruce adamantly refuses to close the mine, the spy's men decide to blow it up. While Ann is being abducted by Meyer, Bobbie is buried in an explosion at the mine. Bruce rescues Bobbie and then sends a plea to Lieutenant Parrish to rescue Ann. Meyer and his gang are captured and Ann renews her vow of love to Bruce.