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The Secret of Polichinelle Synopsis

The Jouvenels, a couple of bourgeois good people, discover one day that their son Henri has a mistress and a five-year-old illegitimate child. But they both think they are the only one who knows and arrange to spend some time with their grandson without the other knowing it. At long last the open secret is unveiled and little Robert's smiles bring happiness among all the protagonists.

Homer Comes Home Synopsis

Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook. Meanwhile, Homer returns to New York, convinces his employers of the merits of his plan and comes home triumphant, with a proposal for both the new plant and for Rachel's hand in marriage.