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The Far Cry Synopsis

Dick Clayton and Claire Marsh fall in love in Paris, and their respective parents come to the Continent to break up the match. Mrs. Clayton is so insulting in her determination to save Dick from Claire that Claire decides to teach her a lesson: she lures Dick into proposing in the hearing of Mrs. Clayton and then turns him down. Dick goes to Venice to paint and forget; Claire quickly follows him, and they make up. Dick becomes jealous of one of Claire's admirers, they quarrel again, and Claire returns to Paris. Dick soon follows and saves her from a fire. They make plans to be married.

Man's Plaything Synopsis

While working as a flower girl in Devlin Maddox's nightclub, Nellie Vaughan meets wealthy young Pelton Van Teel and falls in love. Maddox, desirous of using Nellie to blackmail Van Teel, spreads a rumor that she is his mistress. This makes Nellie uncomfortable, and she demands that Van Teel marry her immediately, to which he agrees. Meanwhile, Van Teel has been losing money gambling to Maddox, who threatens to break up the marriage by producing a worthless check that the young husband has written. Venturing to Maddox's apartment for a showdown, Nellie pulls a gun and demands the check, accidentally shooting Maddox when he throws a lamp at her. Maddox plans to charge Nellie with assault, but when the police arrive, his butler, actually a detective employed by the elder Van Teel, exposes Maddox, who is then arrested, clearing the path for the couple's happiness.