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Up and Going Synopsis

David Brandon, born in the Canadian Northwest, is taken to England when his father, Albert, inherits a title and a fortune. Later, as a youth, when he fails to win the girl he loves, David returns to Canada. Joining the Mounted Police, he aids in tracking some bootleggers. Jackie, his childhood sweetheart, warning him of an attempt to frame him, is kidnapped and held prisoner. David learns of her plight through an old woman (actually his mother, whom he had previously thought dead) who befriends him. Following a long chase and an undersea fight, he rescues Jackie and discovers the identity of the woman his father had deserted years before.

The Show Down Synopsis

Inconsiderate millionaire John Benson, philanthropist Oliver North, courageous Langdon Crane, wealthy idler Robert Curtis, and Lydia Benson are among the passengers on an ocean liner that is sunk by a German submarine. Carried away by the currents to a tropical island, the castaways endure hardships which bring out their true natures. Benson becomes kind and considerate underneath his gruff exterior, North exhibits a meanness and smallness, Crane turns into a coward and slacker when he is confronted by hard work, and Curtis develops into a dynamo of activity whose strength and consideration prompt Lydia to fall in love with him. Finally, they are rescued and all return home, where Lydia and Curtis are married.