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The Vortex Synopsis

Although millionaire Lorimer Van Cleefe loves Joan Meredith, she suspects that he is having an affair with Mrs. Hilda Herford and decides to elope with Albert Dunning. Joan and Albert register as husband and wife at a country inn, but while they are waiting for the minister to arrive, Lorimer, who has taken Mrs. Herford for a drive, sees the couple at the roadhouse and suspects an illicit affair. Albert learns that Joan's father has lost his fortune and immediately leaves her. Meanwhile, Hilda's husband Lew learns of his wife's presence at the inn and decides to kill Lorimer. To save him, Joan claims that it was she who accompanied Lorimer to the roadhouse, but her honor is saved by a call from the minister, who explains that his car broke down on his way to marry Joan and Albert. This paves the way for Joan's union with Lorimer.

The Last Rebel Synopsis

The Civil War breaks up the long-standing friendship of two old Southern families, the Appersons and the Batesfords. When Harry Apperson announces that he intends to fight for the Union, his fiancée Cora Batesford bitterly denounces him and marries his rival, Jack Batesford. After the war, Harry goes West and makes his fortune. Fifty years later, Harry and his grandson Jim decide to buy back the old Carolina homestead, and Jim journeys South, where he meets Cora's granddaughter Floribel. Although Floribel has lost the Batesford estate to Pensinger Gale, a wily mortgage broker who wishes to marry her, she retains her hatred of the Appersons and refuses Jim's help. The proud young woman fails to find employment in another town and is about to commit suicide when Jim rescues her and convinces her to marry him. Before the ceremony, he presents her with the deed to the Batesford estate as a wedding gift.