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The Man Without a Conscience Synopsis
Ruthlessly determined to succeed at any cost, Amos Mason comes to New York with his fiancée Ann Sherman. By unscrupulous dealings and using Ann's savings, Amos meets with considerable success and casts aside Ann, who is forced to take a job as maid in the Graves mansion. Amos begins to court Shirley Graves and causes Ann's dismissal. Mrs. Graves persuades Shirley to marry Amos despite her love for the penniless Douglas White. Ann marries James Warren, an architect whom Amos hires to build a mansion, and Ann tells Shirley of Amos' previous perfidy. Shirley has an affair with Douglas White but becomes disgusted with illicit sex when she believes him to be unfaithful to her. Amos' schemes fall flat, and he is arrested for swindling. In prison he repents, Shirley's attitude toward him softens, and they are reconciled when he is freed.
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 Man Without a Conscience" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "A Sister to Salome" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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