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The Plunger Synopsis

When "Take A Chance" Schuyler rises from a Wall Street office boy to a wealthy investment broker, he purchases fellow broker John Houghton's estate. Houghton's funds have been depleted from blackmail payments made to his former employee, Norman Yates, who, out of revenge for Houghton's refusal of his daughter Alice's hand in marriage, has convinced the broker that he has committed a murder. When Schuyler arrives to take possession of the estate, he is surprised to find it still occupied by the Houghtons. At first, Alice resents Schuyler as an interloper, but she begins to change her opinion when the young broker protects her from Yates's threats. Yates retaliates by attempting to ruin Schuyler who then forces the blackmailer to admit that he actually was the killer. Houghton is thus exonerated and Alice and Schuyler marry.

My Wife Synopsis

To prevent her niece from becoming an old maid, Beatrice Hammond's aunt stipulates in her will that the girl must be married by the age of eighteen or sacrifice a million dollar inheritance. Beatrice is in love with Ronald Farwell, but he has been called to fight against the Germans in France, so Beatrice approaches her guardian, Gerald Eversleigh, with a plan: Gerald will marry her, thus insuring that she will inherit the fortune, but divorce her as soon as Ronald returns. The wedding is staged, and all goes well until Gerald falls in love with his wife. Meanwhile, Ronald falls in love with a French nurse and, upon his return home, offers to pay Gerald to remain married to Beatrice. Gerald happily accepts the offer but refuses the money, and Beatrice discovers that she has loved her husband all along.