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The Unknown Wife Synopsis

Ex-convict Donald Grant obtains a job in a small-town factory, where he meets stenographer Helen Wilburton. They are soon married and move to the city, but on the first night of their honeymoon, the factory is burglarized and Donald is suspected. Desperate for work, Donald returns to his former gang, while Helen becomes the secretary to a wealthy matron. Helen also attracts the attention of her employer's son, who is rudely surprised when he discovers that she is married. Later, one of the robbers arrives at the couple's apartment; a battle ensues on the fire escape, after which the dying criminal exonerates Donald.

The Man Who Took a Chance Synopsis

Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her. However, his friend tells him that he doesn't have a chance in a million of meeting the girl, who happens to be his cousin, because her mother rules the girl's life with an iron fist and is determined that she will marry royalty and not some untitled commoner. Monty is determined to have the girl, and devises a plan to win her.