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The Bluffer Synopsis
When rich Sybil Van Norden's father kills himself, his ex-partner, Richard Vaughan, cheated by Van Norden, cynically advises her to bluff her way through life. She marries Wallace Duncan for his money, but discovers that Duncan is broke and a bluffer also. They make money cheating at bridge with their rich friends. One of their victims, Western millionaire John Moran, is attracted to Sybil, and pays them to help his daughter Grace socially. Good-for-nothing Edmond Curtiss offers Duncan money if he will convince Grace to marry him, but Sybil, fond of Grace, gets the visiting Vaughan to warn Moran. When Moran discovers Sybil and Duncan cheating at cards, he locks Sybil in a room and struggles to embrace her. Vaughan breaks down the door and Moran leaves, after which Vaughan repentantly confesses to Sybil that he maliciously gave her the wrong advice. After Duncan dies in a fight with Moran, Sybil and Vaughan marry and have a child.
The Men She Married Synopsis
Ralph Semple already has a wife, but marries rich Beatrice Raymond, and then deserts her after cheating her out of $10,000. Later, when Beatrice hears that Ralph has died, she marries Jerry Trainer, a widower, but keeps her past a secret. Ralph, who started the rumors of his own death, then returns to blackmail Beatrice, who is determined to keep Jerry from finding out about her first marriage. Meanwhile, Ralph makes plans to elope with Jerry's daughter Edith, but when Beatrice learns of the impending wedding, she decides to stop it, and so goes to see Ralph in his apartment. Jerry walks in on them, however, and assuming that they are secret lovers, he throws Ralph out and denounces Beatrice. When Edith arrives at Ralph's, however, Jerry realizes that his wife was only trying to save his daughter, and so he and Beatrice are reconciled immediately.
"The Bluffer" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Men She Married" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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The Bluffer