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The Circus Cyclone Synopsis

Steve Brant, a former pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward lovely equestrienne Doraldina; when she resists, he angrily beats her horse. Cowboy Jack Manning happens by and prevents Steve from further injuring the horse. The two men agree to engage in a boxing match to win the horse. When Jack triumphs, Steve plans his revenge on Doraldina by arranging for her father, Pepe the Clown, to be framed for bank robbery. Pepe is arrested and the townspeople threaten to lynch him. A small African American boy named Eczema Jackson discovers the true identities of the robbers and apprises Jack. The cowboy pursues and captures the gang, recovers the stolen money, and returns to town in time to save Pepe from being lynched.

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.