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The Barricade Synopsis

Jacob Solomon and Michael Brennan are partners in a cigar store on New York City's East Side. When Michael dies Jacob adopts his son Robert, who grows up to be a prominent physician in his neighborhood. He marries wealthy socialite Jane Stoddard, who convinces him to move out of the East Side and start a practice on swanky Fifth Avenue, where he can make a lot more money. Robert follows his wife's advice, but winds up drifting further and further away from the family and friends he grew up with and who helped him become the man he is.

Diane of the Follies Synopsis

Phillips Christy, a strait-laced amateur sociologist from a wealthy family, subscribes to the theory that people are shaped by their environments. When he fall in love with Diane, a showgirl from the Follies, he sees a chance to prove that his theory is correct: he will marry her and mold her to be "cultured" and "sophisticated." However, fate intervenes to put a crimp in his plans.