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Two Men and a Maid Synopsis
After his marriage, Jim Oxford comes to mistakenly believes that his new bride has previously had a lover, a situation he finds so offensive that he deserts her and joins the French Foreign Legion. Stationed in Algeria, he finds himself attracted to Rose, the girlfriend of a brutal Legion officer. Try as he might, he can't resist her and arranges to secretly meet her after hours. However, at the rendezvous, a gunshot rings out and Rose is mortally wounded. Accused of the murder, Jim flees but is shortly thereafter captured and put on trial as a deserter. Complications ensue.
The Trap Synopsis
Doris is driven from her small New England fishing village when a jealous admirer implies that her mild flirtation with visiting artist Stuart Kendall was an intimate love affair. Arriving in New York, alone and penniless, Doris finds employment in a Greenwich Village café, where she again meets Stuart and agrees to become his model. Unaware of his true intentions, Doris lives at Stuart's expense and innocently evades his advances. Out West, rancher Jack Masterson sees Doris' face on a poster and journeys East to propose to her. Doris returns his affections, which so angers Stuart that he resolves to prevent the marriage. On the eve of the wedding, Stuart throws a party for Doris, and when the celebration becomes an orgy, he telephones Jack, who arrives and denounces his fiancée. Realizing Stuart's trick, Doris, in turn, denounces him, but Jack overhears their conversation, and the wedding takes place as planned.
"Two Men and a Maid" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Trap" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Two Men and a Maid