Tom Wells is dissatisfied with his lot in life. Wondering aloud whether he'd be happier if things were different, he soon gets his chance to find out. The rest of the story is an extension on the old proverb which begins "Be careful what you wish for."

Robert Worthing marries his sweetheart, Madeline Francis, but the wedding is ruined by his mother, w...
When young Mary Carpenter and wealthy Peter Cooper, both carrying luggage initialed with a large “C,...
A story is told of a woman who, disinherited after a scandal, later needs expensive surgery. Her fat...

When she is orphaned Lily Upjohn, from the London slums, becomes a chorus girl at the Pandora Theatr...

Unscrupulous politician Mark Stetson frames Mr. & Mrs. Brandon and their friend Antoinette for a smu...

Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, a...
A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets trouble from the police aft...

In France during the reign of Louis XVI American naval officer Francis Burnham escapes from a Britis...

Chrissey Desselden is the ward of John Warburton and has promised to marry him though she is drawn t...

Newland Archer is engaged to May Mingott of a prominent New York family. Shortly after the engagemen...

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leade...

Filmed and set in Germany this drama starred American leading lady Carmel Myers with sets designed b...

Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian ...

Impresario Thomas Sullivan arrives in Ossawatomie, Kansas, to debut a new musical show written by lo...

Jo March and her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy live in a happy family in Concord, Massachusetts. Jo yea...
A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.

Joe Brooks is taken advantage of by his employer, Captain Williams, who is a jealous former suitor o...

A woman takes the place of a wife who had died seven years earlier.

A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his new...