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The Big Town Round-Up Synopsis

Alice Beaumont, daughter of a San Francisco, California, capitalist, captures the attention of rancher Larry McBride by pretending to have been bitten by a rattlesnake in the Arizona mountains. On his way to visit Alice, Larry tosses gangster Jerry Casey off the train for accosting country girl Mildred Hart, and later comes to her defense in a San Francisco cabaret. There Larry meets Rodney Curtis, a youth who intends to marry Alice for her money. He and Jerry conspire to frame Larry on a murder charge, until Alice's father reveals Rodney as the killer. Alice and Larry decide to marry, as does his partner Pee Wee, who is betrothed to Mildred.

God's Crucible Synopsis

Lorenzo Todd, in his childhood had been strictly dealt with; in his youth the girl he loved deserted him; and, growing into manhood, he became morose and grouchy. The only ones he cared for were Dudley Phillips, his youthful rival for the love of the girl Phillips married; her daughter Virginia; and his own son Warren. Virginia and Warren were betrothed and Warren was sowing his last "wild oats" before settling down and becoming a partner in his father's business. Dudley objected to Warren's pranks, while Todd liked the idea of his boy displaying a little "ginger." Finally, Warren was sued by a chorus girl for breach of promise and Dudley declared that he should never marry Virginia, while Todd declared he would not allow Warren to marry her. When Warren told his father that he still intended to make Virginia his wife or leave home forever, Todd told him to go and when he left Todd's soul shriveled even smaller, and he became more of a grouch than ever, until his heart was actually affected and the doctor ordered him to go to Arizona. While he is snowbound in a trapper's cabin at Christmas, a little boy makes him rejoice in the realization of God's great works, and touches the spring that opens his shriveled soul. Fate restores Warren to his father, and Dudley, having heard of Todd's predicament, takes Dorothy with him; there is a general reunion. Warren thoroughly cured of his wildness, completes the pact that he and Virginia had made: and the boy, who had been the cause of Todd's rejuvenation, starts life as a millionaire.