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The Mysterious Witness Synopsis

Johnny Brandt leaves his aged widowed mother to go out into the world to make some money. He arrives on a ranch where he is given a job. Johnny stints himself and sends all his money back to his mother but writes her that he is making progress. Johnny is accused by the foreman of the murder of an old man and is put in prison. His mother failing to hear from him comes to the little town. She is met at the station by the foreman who takes all the money she has under the pretense of aiding her to secure her son's release. During the trial Johnny asks to present his horse as a witness, proving that because of the animal being gun shy it would have been impossible for him to have committed the murder as described by the 'eye witness.' The verdict is not guilty and the foreman and his accomplices are held. Johnny is reunited with his mother and wins the owner's daughter for his bride.

The Great Shadow Synopsis

Jim McDonald, the foreman of a shipbuilding plant and head of the labor union, strives to combat the anarchistic propaganda being put forth by Klimoff, the leader of a Bolshevik gang whose goal is to disrupt the country with strikes and anarchy. Despite McDonald's efforts, a strike is called, resulting in chaos. McDonald's child is knocked down by runaway horses abandoned by their striking driver, and dies. Mob scenes take place in America, as well as in Russia. Eventually, the unrest is quelled with an armistice called between Capital and Labor for a year, during which time wages are to be increased to reflect the cost of living, and leaders are to work out a common plan for their mutual advantage. The strikers now realize that they have been pawns of the Bolsheviks and call off the strike, agreeing to the plan.