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The Silent Power Synopsis

John Rollins, an engineer in charge of a hydro-electric plant, welcomes home his son Rob, a brilliant but careless college youth, and persuades Webster, president of the company, to place Rob in charge of a dam construction project. Rob meets Olive Spencer and her brother Jerry; and though Olive is drawn to Rob, she is unhappy to learn that the lake to be created by the dam will flood her old home. Rob's college pals arrive and take him to a party, resulting in his discharge by Webster. Shortly afterward, Webster is found murdered; suspicion falls on Rob, who is arrested and found guilty. At the last moment before the scheduled electrocution, Olive learns that her half-crazed brother, Jerry, killed Webster; and she tries to save Rob. Rollins is obliged to remain on duty and throw the fatal switch. He faints, thinking he has killed his son; but Jerry has atoned by cutting the main prison cable, saving Rob's life but losing his own.

Blackmail Synopsis

Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.