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The No-Good Guy Synopsis

Jimmy Coghlan has developed such a notorious reputation for spending money, drinking and going to parties that his uncle and guardian, political boss "Big" Malone, insists that he settle down and get a job. Obediently, Jimmy opens a detective agency, but spends most of his time discouraging prospective clients. Finally, however, and partially against his own better judgment, Jimmy takes on a case, and to solve it he must join a band of criminals. Then, he falls in love with Lucia Andrada, one of the gang members, and discovers that the real leader of the gang is Malone himself. Jimmy denounces his uncle, after which he and Lucia, vowing to behave like responsible adults, begin making plans for their marriage.

The Fuel of Life Synopsis

After discovering her husband Roger has been unfaithful to her, Angela De Haven sets out to make all men pay for his deceit. Roger, despairing of ever winning back his wife, sails for the South Sea islands and is lost during the voyage. Meanwhile, Angela establishes a salon where prominent men vie for her attentions. One of the members of her court, Bragdon Brant, controls the Bob Cat mine, but not the railroad extending to it which is owned by Bob Spalding. Brant sends Angela West to buy the controlling interest in the railroad and she meets Bob, who falls in love with her. Angela refuses to marry him and flees after securing control of the road through Bob's partner, Durant. She returns to New York, intent upon ruining Brant, but is prevented from carrying out her plans when Bob appears and forces her to realize the destructive path that her life has taken. Angela then restores the railroad shares to Bob, and thus reconciled, they travel West to spend the rest of their lives together.