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Trails of Adventure Synopsis
California mine-owner Jim Gordon and his wife drive to New York City to attend the graduation of their daughter, Jane. On the way back, Gordon visits Washington D. C. to check mining claims and discovers an un-filed and un-mined parcel of land next to his Mojave properties. Meanwhile, his mine superintendent, Ace Gordon, with the aid of a crooked lawyer, Fred Kane, is busily swindling his employer. While traveling across the desert,Bill Merritt,a young prospector, rescues Jane from a runaway car,and he is invited to visit the Gordon's at their hotel. He falls in love with Jane, and later learns of the complicity between Carter and Kane to ruin her father.
A Sister to Salome Synopsis
When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.
"Trails of Adventure" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "A Sister to Salome" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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