Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance “hop.” To keep her secret, she willingly pays the blackmail her maid extorts from her having learned of Lydia’s habit through her own fiancée who is part of the ring importing the devil’s brew. Something unknown to all is that the operation is run by Lydia’s father an important politician in the city where this all occurs. As her husband’s investigation tightens the noose on the organization Lydia faces a crisis.
During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her old f...
Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp ...
Richard Craig and Paul Hessert, who work in the same office, are great chums. Both are in love, howe...
Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace th...
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name...
Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate line...
Alick Wylie agrees to give railroad porter John Shand $300 to help him secure his education and poli...
Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied...
Louis Mona is left to the care of the monks of the monastery of San Luis, who have brought him up wi...
Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She becom...
Edith Frome (Stevens) finds it impossible to live with her alcoholic husband Arthur (L ‘Estrange), a...
Broad-minded rector Stephen Carey is ousted from his church by his vestrymen and befriends Claudia B...
Swindled out of her small property by crooked money lender Bogrum, Betty Lawrence turns to large est...
After eluding authorities, Jaca Javalie goes to the home of wealthy Theodore Banning, where he profe...
Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In searc...
Richard Castleman, master of Winnecrest Hall in Louisiana, goes on a sea voyage recommended by his c...
A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education. He returns to his island after ...
John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney I...
Imprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient suffering f...