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Wings of Pride Synopsis
In New York City, haughty society girl Olive Muir is engaged to a man named Dick. Olive objects when Alice Prentice, a girl of lower station, comes to visit her family. After Alice's drunken father visits the Muir home, Olive is horrified to learn that she was adopted and that Mr. Prentice is her real father. Humbled, Olive leaves for the West to see her newfound mother, who is ill, and stay with the Prentices. There she becomes involved in a political battle between Kavanaugh, a political boss who desires Olive and controls her father, and Kent Ordway, a district attorney who befriends Olive. Getting wind of a plan to kill Ordway, Olive convinces her father to warn the young man; a huge fight breaks out in Ordway's house, in which Kavanaugh kills Prentice. Back in the Muir home, Olive learns that Dick, her fiancé, and Alice have fallen in love. Olive clears the way for their union, then tells Ordway that she loves him.
Man's Plaything Synopsis
While working as a flower girl in Devlin Maddox's nightclub, Nellie Vaughan meets wealthy young Pelton Van Teel and falls in love. Maddox, desirous of using Nellie to blackmail Van Teel, spreads a rumor that she is his mistress. This makes Nellie uncomfortable, and she demands that Van Teel marry her immediately, to which he agrees. Meanwhile, Van Teel has been losing money gambling to Maddox, who threatens to break up the marriage by producing a worthless check that the young husband has written. Venturing to Maddox's apartment for a showdown, Nellie pulls a gun and demands the check, accidentally shooting Maddox when he throws a lamp at her. Maddox plans to charge Nellie with assault, but when the police arrive, his butler, actually a detective employed by the elder Van Teel, exposes Maddox, who is then arrested, clearing the path for the couple's happiness.
"Wings of Pride" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Man's Plaything" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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