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The Wreck of the Hesperus Synopsis

About a poem of Longfellow. The skipper of a ship took his daughter along for company on ill fated voyage. The skipper tied his daughter to the mast so she wouldn't be sweep over board during a hurricane. She called out to her father as he and the ship washed ashore. A fisherman discovered the wreck the next morning with the daughter still tied to the mast. All aboard were dead.

Winner Takes All Synopsis

Saul Chadron, a brutal cattle baron, is distressed that homesteaders are intruding on his domain and hires outlaws to drive them away. Alan MacDonald, who leads the homesteaders, learns that Chadron has hired Mark Thorne, a vicious criminal, to kill him. His growing love for Frances Landcrafe, a visitor at the Chadron ranch, makes Alan bold, however, and he attends a masquerade held in her honor. Meanwhile, Thorne, claiming that he has killed Alan, demands payment from Chadron, and when the cattle baron refuses, the outlaw kidnaps Chadron's daughter Nola. Alan rescues her, but Chadron's troubles continue as the townspeople, angered over the murder of a child, decide to hang him. Alan intercedes, but Thorne, just before his own murder, shoots Chadron. Alan is then free to turn his attention to Frances and his land claim.