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The Texas Trail Synopsis
Betty Foster comes west to visit her uncle's ranch, but is disappointed that the nearby town of War Whoop is quiet and peaceful, and none of the citizens look like the cowboy heroes she saw in Eastern cinemas. Things pick up, however, when Betty witnesses a robbery in which bandits rob $10,000 of her uncle's mortgage money from Pete Grainger, the ranch foreman. Appalled by Pete's lack of heroics during the robbery, Betty upbraids him, and the foreman quits. He finds employment in town as a sign painter. When one of the bandits, Dan Merrill, ships the stolen money in a box of dried apples, Pete accidentally spills paint on the box and starts a comedy of errors that prevents the box from leaving town. When Betty overhears the bandits discussing the location of the stolen money, she dresses up like a bandit and steals the paint-splashed crate of apples, but it turns out to be the wrong box. Pete eventually helps Betty find the money, and breaks her out of jail when she is arrested. Dan Merrill follows them into the hills, and Pete knocks him over a cliff during a fight. His heroics win Betty's heart, but what really captures her love is Pete's new outrageous mail-order cowboy costume, which fits her idea of what a Western hero should be.
Love Is Love Synopsis
Weak willed Gerry Sands, who wants to become an editor, is forced by his employer, locksmith Nick Barket, to crack safes, until, during a robbery, he reads some words from a dropped copy of Hamlet , and stops. Overjoyed, his sweetheart Polly Ann Kerry, gets him work at the hotel where she works, but Red Devlin, the brains behind the burglaries, frames Gerry for theft. Devlin bails him out, hoping he will return to safe-cracking, but Gerry leaves town and becomes a typesetter for a Western newspaper. After Polly exposes the crooks, she becomes ill from grief at not hearing from Gerry. Gerry returns and, risking arrest, goes to the police station to locate Polly. The police captain, who loves Polly, but realizes that she loves Gerry, gives him twenty-four hours probation to find and marry her. After he finds her, she thinks that he wants to marry her to escape jail, but the police captain vouches for Gerry's integrity, and they marry.
"The Texas Trail" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Love Is Love" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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The Texas Trail