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The Cloud Rider Synopsis
Aviator and Secret Service agent Bruce Torrence is ordered to arrest Juan Lascelles, who smuggles narcotics using a fleet of airplanes. After Juan sabotages Bruce's plane by loosening a wheel, Zella Wingate, the woman desired by both men, takes it into the air. When Bruce sees the wheel fall off, he straps a spare to his back, gives aerial chase, transfers to the plane in midair, and bolts the wheel in place. Bruce later discovers Zella in Juan's embrace and quickly realizes that he is really in love with her sister, Blythe. Juan captures Bruce and Blythe and takes the latter hostage in his plane. The agent frees himself and gives chase, while Blythe tampers with the controls on Juan's plane, causing it to crash into the ocean. Bruce leaps into the water, captures Juan, and rescues Blythe. The lovers are married and leave on an aerial honeymoon.
A Sister to Salome Synopsis
When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.
"The Cloud Rider" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "A Sister to Salome" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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