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The Belle of Samoa Synopsis

Clark and McCullogh, come to a Samoan temple where all the beautiful maidens are kept. They trick the guard at the door get inside, heedless of a death threat. Inside, they meet the tribal chief's daughter (Lois Moran), and Clark flirts with her a bit, then all run upstage. Another set is revealed, and a troupe of (real) Polynesian natives (Filoi and Her Samoan Dancers) do their stuff, first a Hula dancer, then a men's precision sword-tossing routine. The Chief appears with soldiers, holding the boys for invading their temple, and prepares a chopping block. The Chief's daughter, begs if she could have them as a Christmas presents, and they are spared. Then, she sings "My Samoa", with a bevy of chorus girls behind her. As the number finishes, a full shot of the stage has the boys run back and all line up for the ending, looking, perhaps intentionally, like the finale in a stage show.

An Amateur Devil Synopsis

Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.