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A detective is on the verge of revealing the identity of an elusive criminal. At the crucial moment, hedrops dead, the victim of foul play. A revolutionary electric devise is utilized to bring the detective back to life long enough for the successful completion of his mission.
A Lord weds a Lady despite discovering that she is a substituted village child. Based on the poem Lady Clare by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
A young inventor is wrongfully accused of killing a night watchmen committed by a gang during a jewel robbery.
In South America the wife of the president's son loves the leader of the revolution
In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.
A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.
Account of Lady Godiva's naked ride through 11th-century Coventry in order to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to rescind his harsh tax laws. Based on and quotes from Tennyson's poem of the same title.
In Australia a drunkard hires a gang to kill his ex-fiancée's husband.
A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.
A French captain persuades a rich widow to become his mistress, but it is a scheme to test her love.
'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
British horror drama short from 1926.
Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
An actress poses as an heiress who died, and dies fighting blackmailing detectives in a burning house.
A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.
In Scotland, a young man, Lochinvar insists on marrying Ellen, the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to another.
