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- After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
- The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
- In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
- Unpleasant story of rape and murder involving a disturbed veteran of the war in Vietnam.
- Harold is ensnared by the wiles of Sybil, an adventuress. The boy forgets Helen, his country sweetheart. Sybil's influence over him is so evil that he can no longer apply himself to his work. His employer finally discharges him. When Harold's money is gone, the adventuress throws him over. He becomes a drunkard. Helen, failing to hear from him, comes to the city, where she secures a position. Harold decides to become a hold-up man. To pass away the time before midnight, he goes to a theater where Bert French and Alice Eis are presenting their famous "Vampire Dance." The characters are an artist and a vampire, in the guise of a wood nymph. Harold sees the artist attracted by the beautiful creature and then his struggles as he realizes what the result of the fascination must inevitably be. The victim beats her in his frenzy of fear, but is irresistibly drawn into the coils by the vampire's fiendish wiles. The vampire fascinates the man by her beauty and lures him toward a forest dell There the horrible creature succeeds in taking his life. Harold feels that a veil has been torn from his eyes. He seems to have reviewed his life with Sybil, and vows to reform. He succeeds in regaining his position and once more takes his place among men. The boy learns of Helen's presence in the city, but can find no trace of her. Sybil, learning of Harold's prosperity, attempts to drag him into her net once more, but the boy, with the memory of "The Vampire Dance" before him, resists her efforts. That night he finds Helen, and to insure his reformation, proposes immediate marriage. His sweetheart consents, and the knot is tied.
- V has turned into everything that women hate, but still has no trouble finding a number of them to sleep with...and then not call. When he realizes that his womanizing ways can't erase what's been plaguing him, he turns to his friends Nick, Scott (also known as "Squatty" for his urination techniques), and Desmond, whose lives aren't as cozy as they seem either, and they head upstate for a month-long bonding adventure. In the woods of their childhood summer stomping grounds, they are met with freedom, temptation, euphoric outlets, and a powerful dose of reality. It is here that they are visited by a free-spirited local and her bag of goodies who provides them with unconventional wisdom, but it's up to them to know what to do with it. As the summer nears its end, their friendship is inevitably tested as each must confront his own inner demons before they all head back home to straighten out their lives. The film takes a look at issues that people face as they head into their 30s and more specifically touches on broken and failing relationships while examining how vulnerable lifelong friendships truly are. We never realize how fragile our connections with people really are. This film plays with the strings that bind friends and family, and it sometimes pulls too hard.
- This is the story of Myke Hideous and the punk rock music industry.
- London Bell shames his family, which contains a long line of legendary ball boys, when he gets banned from baseball for life for objectionable behavior. Down in the dumps, London's friends, Roman and Dublin, convince London to try out for Women's Tennis Federation despite London's reservations about tennis not being a team sport. The WTF is run by a wacky Orthodox Jewish Rabbi known as the Rabbi Mendel, who is assisted by the scheming Saul. At the tryouts, London goes up against some very athletic competitors, with the exception of one mentally challenged ball boy hopeful. The tryouts feature duels, where ball boys go one on one, as two guest players, the sexy champion Vlada and the no-nonsense number two contender Bella, smack volleys against each other. London ends up losing most of these duels and trudges back to his favorite dive bar, the OZbar. The one saving grace for London: He may have caught the attention of Bella. The OZbar also happens to be the celebrations location for the ball boys who won jobs. The obnoxious and steroid-inclined ball boy, Sebastian, ridicules London for thinking he could win a job in tennis just because he was a famous baseball ball boy. London, humiliated, gets a surprise visit from Coach Sven, the coach of the number one player Vlada...You can guess what happens...And no, London does not end up as a Ballboy for Coach Sven.
- Hunting Season explored duality of sexuality through perspective of a "cross dresser," named Madeline LaRue. While escaping from the fundamental life as George, Madeline meets the woman who opens his eyes of love, adventure and betrayal.
- Lem Ransom, the village drunkard, steals the Widow Huggins' bonds while under the influence of liquor, at the instigation of Hannibal Chapman, an unscrupulous lawyer. After taking the stolen bonds from his catspaw, Chapman treacherously arranges to have suspicion fall upon Lem. The theft is discovered. Darius Startle, the constable, traces the robbery to Lem and arrests him. Chapman secures the man's silence by promising to look after Lem's wife and his daughter Nance, while he is in prison. The drunkard is sentenced to three years at hard labor. Laater. Lem learns that Chapman has broken his promise when Nance writes him her mother is dying and that they are in want. Frazier, his cell-mate, comes to his assistance and gives him money to send to Nance. Thaddeus Strong, the new minister, arrives at Hardscrabble. Strong's doctrines are disapproved of by the narrow-minded deacons of the church, A day or two later, these deacons, of whom Chapman is one, learn that Lem has been released because of good behavior and is coming home. They decide to force him out of the village. Lem finds a champion in Strong. Chapman fosters the ill feeling entertained by the deacons against the new minister, by declaring that he should be ordered to cease his friendship for the ex-convict. The church officials hold a meeting. They decide to visit Strong and make known their objections to the doctrine he is preaching and to his friendship for Lem. Lem is in an adjoining room when the deacons call upon the minister. Lem hears Chapman demand that Strong cease his friendship for him. Upon the minister's refusal. Chapman declares that a meeting will be held by the church officials and that Strong's dismissal will result. Lem bursts into the room and announces his intention of being present at the meeting. Chapman is terrified. Frazier breaks jail and comes to Hardscrabble. He appeals to Lem for aid. Ransom hides the man in his cellar for the time being. Darius comes to Lem's house in search of the escaped convict. He enters the cellar and is made a prisoner by Frazier, who forces the constable to change clothes with him. Chapman calls to see Lem, The convict escapes in the lawyer's buggy. Several villagers seeing the man dressed in Darius' clothes and riding in Chapman's buggy, fear something has occurred. They hasten to Lem's house, knowing the lawyer has called upon him. Darius, in the cellar, hears the conversation between Chapman and Lem. He learns of the former's guilt. Emerging from his hiding-place, the constable places the man under arrest. The villagers enter and Chapman's rascality is made known.
- The Zulu chief of the Amatabele tribe has an only daughter who dies of fever at age 4; in the opening scene of this Biograph story he is burying her. Scarcely has the poor bereft father laid the little one in the ground, when the war cry is heard resounding in the hills. There is an uprising and the chief is summoned to action. Tearing himself from the grave of his little girl, he arms himself with his assegai and oxhide shield and is soon at the head of his band of savages, with sinister designs on the Boers. The Boers themselves have become active, and scouts have been sent out to warn those nomadic South Africans who might be on the road. One family, comprising a Boer, his wife and a four-year-old girl, is trapped, and despite extreme measures to elude the merciless black brutes, soon overtaken. Finding escape hopeless, the Boer leaps from his wagon, and sending his wife and child into the woods, seizes his rifle, in the vain hope of holding the savages at bay while the woman and child seek a place of safety. There is a shower of assegais, one of which pierces the poor fellow, dropping him into the road. Up rush the prancing, jibbing, gibbering barbarians. Finding the man dead, they rush on to find the others. The distracted woman hides the girl in a niche in the rooks, while she goes to find some avenue of escape, but she is at once apprehended and taken by the band to their camp, their chief remaining behind. The baby now comes forward to appeal to the Zulu, who is so reminded by her of his own lost treasure that his cruel nature at once softens as the little one offers her dollie as ransom for her mother. The chief is so moved that he vows to save the mother's life, if it costs him his own. Placing the little one in a crevice in the rocks, where she soon falls asleep, he goes to find the mother. Arriving at the camp, he demands the release of the woman, which his followers grant with protests. Back he goes to get the child, but the wily devils have anticipated him and carried her off. He soon overtakes them, however, and after slaying three in a terrific conflict, delivers the child to its mother, and then sees them safely to their destination. The subject is a beautiful story of parental affection, portrayed in a most novel manner, besides being intensely thrilling.
- Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that Carroll is a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army and places Agnes in a convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake, and Eustace has become a priest. Carroll is now a lobbyist trying to prevent Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her husband by proving that Carroll is a scoundrel, Agnes goes to Carroll's house. Eustace hears of her intentions and follows. Blake and Margaret also arrive, and Agnes is informed of her mother's true identity. Margaret then recognizes Eustace and the family is reconciled.
- When Madame Vavin, whose marriage to her second husband in England was not recorded in France, dies alone in a small French village, her divorced husband James Fullerton and his tyrannical sister Cornelia take custody of Dora, the young daughter that she left behind. Fullerton takes Dora to America and raises her as his natural daughter, indoctrinating her with the belief that she has inherited her mother's irresponsible nature. When Dora decides upon a theatrical career, Fullerton considers his fears justified. On stage, Dora meets and falls in love with playwright Willard Holcomb, but the fears implanted by Fullerton and his sister make Dora incapable of romantic fulfillment. As Dora despairs of her fate, Professor Vavin, who has spent years searching for Dora, discovers his daughter and exonerates her mother's besmirched character. Her confidence thus restored, Dora is able to continue with her life.
- Nowhere on earth will gossip spread on speedier wings than in a country village. Consequently, when Mary Lane, the schoolmistress, affianced to the minister, is seen carrying a child in her arms concerning which she will tell nothing, her character is soon torn to tatters. And foremost among her traducers are Mrs. Wolf, the village gossip, and her son Joe, both pillars of the church. But the child is the daughter of Sarah, a village girl whom Mary prevented from putting an end to her misery. Mary undertakes to care for the unfortunate girl's child until the mother can make arrangements to leave the village. Mary's silence concerning the child, even when questioned by her sweetheart, causes the village to ostracize her, and she finds that the school door has been closed to her. Her troubles are capped by an order to leave the house where she has been boarding. Learning of the trouble her good angel has brought upon herself, Sarah denounces Joe Wolf. The villagers urge Mary to resume her position as schoolmistress, but the minister announces that he has a better one for her, that of his wife.
- Kimberly Alves, an assistant bank manager, meets Wolf Sutcliff, an overweight immortal man, when he robs the bank she works at. Kimberly realizes, that after being alive for thousands of years, Wolf feels as though he has nothing to live for and she takes it upon herself to help him find reason and purpose for his life.
- While in New York seeking work, Cynthia, a young English girl, meets Bruce Crittenden and George Rhode who introduce her to Madame Savarin, a wealthy woman seeking a companion for a sea voyage. She hires Cynthia, and while at sea, Cynthia discovers that Bruce is the ship's purser. Cynthia's father was a famous wireless expert who taught her how to read code, which enables her to overhear a plot to sink the ship and steal Mrs. Savarin's jewels. Soon after, the crew mutinies, and while Rhode and Bruce fight the crew, Cynthia sounds the alarm. As he is attempting to foil the jewel thieves, Bruce falls overboard, and Cynthia swims to his rescue with the jewels strapped to her back. They are rescued by a government patrol boat and taken back to New York where Cynthia and Bruce are married.
- John Dickson, millionaire candidate for mayor, is in love with Dora Malcom, a society girl. He finds, however, that she is engaged to marry Frank Stevens. He hides his grief and promises to be best man at the wedding. Higby, a political boss, determines to discredit Dickson as he fears he will be elected. He hires Maggie Lee, an unscrupulous woman, to appear at Dora's wedding and claim that Dickson is her husband. The program is followed out to the letter. Maggie appears and makes the accusation, but on questioning, says that Dickson hired her to do it. Dickson's infatuation for Dora is so well known that the statement is believed and he quickly loses his popularity. Dora postpones the wedding, but does not lose her faith in Dickson, whom she knows to be an honorable man, Stevens is angered at her defense of the man, an altercation follows and Dora breaks the engagement. Maggie Lee, although a hard, calloused woman, has a little daughter whom she worships. The child is lost one day and Dora is the means of restoring her to the mother. Maggie's gratitude is so great that she confesses her crime and makes a public denunciation of Higby, who hired her to lie. Public sympathy quickly shifts to Dickson and he is elected by a large majority. As a further reward, Dora promises to become his wife.
- A psychosexual thriller about a boy who thinks he gets his mother pregnant by masturbating in the shower.
- Marion and May, two-year-old twins, are the pride of the Chesapeake Foundling Asylum, but there comes a time when it is decided to separate them, since no one is inclined to adopt them both. May is the first to go and falls into the hands of an unscrupulous woman, a professional beggar. Marion becomes the daughter of a wealthy English couple, who shortly afterward return to England. Twenty years pass. May is a notorious counterfeiter. A raid by Federal officers results in the capture of her confederates, but she makes her escape. Marion's adopted parents die, leaving a document which informs her of her twin sister. She determines to find her and leaves for America. A falling brick injures her shortly after her arrival and she is taken to a hospital where her physician falls in love with her. His mother invites Marion to her home. Marion is accosted by one of the counterfeiters, who believes she is May, while walking with the doctor. The doctor repulses the man. The latter decides upon revenge and decoys Marion to a house where with a companion to aid him he binds her. The men leave and May arrives in their absence. She is followed by the doctor a few moments later, he having traced Marion to the house. Just as the sisters are about to embrace, the counterfeiters return. Seeing the doctor one of the men shoots at him, but May interposes her body and receives the bullet in her breast. She dies just as the police break into the room. Thus, after twenty years, the sisters meet, only to part forever.
- Tully loses his savings in the stock market. He receives a tip which promises to net him a fortune if he can raise a few hundred dollars. Leonard is assaulted by Tully and dies.
- Roger and Donald are rivals for Amy's hand. Donald is the victor; Roger vows to get his rival out of the way. Donald's employer gives him a large sum of money to take to the firm where Roger is one of the clerks, Donald delivers the money and gets a receipt for it. The cashier who receives the money dies of heart failure immediately afterward. During the excitement, Roger steals the money and later purloins the receipt from Donald's pocket. Roger's firm has no knowledge of having received the money and Donald has no receipt to show that he has delivered it. He is charged with having stolen the cash and is sent to prison for five years. Amy finally marries Roger. Amy learns her husband's true character. She also discovers the stolen receipt, which Roger has kept. Donald is discharged from prison. He meets Amy by accident and learns of Roger's treachery. The latter overhears the conversation and learns that Donald proposes to break into the house and recover the receipt. Roger hastens home and so arranges the drawer of his dresser in which the paper is hidden that Donald, in opening it, will be shot by a revolver fastened within. Amy learns of the plan, but her husband imprisons her in an outhouse. Donald breaks into the house and commences his search. Amy escapes from the outhouse and arrives outside the window of Roger's room in time to see Donald about to open the dresser drawer. She fires her revolver to warn the man. Donald starts back in fright. Roger, in the next room, believes his plot has succeeded and rushes into the room. Seeing Donald alive, he thinks the shot has gone wild. He rushes to the dresser and pulls the drawer open. A shot rings out and Roger falls with a bullet in his heart.
- A short comedy about people who sacrifice their happiness in search of a life and those who avoid their lives in search of happiness.
- Billy is driven from home because of his intemperate habits. His sister pleads with him to start life anew. Billy goes to a distant part of his father's road and secures a position as fireman. Billy and his engineer, Trent, become firm friends. The boy makes his home with the Trents and falls in love with Ruth, the daughter. They marry. Three years later. Billy is promoted and given his own engine. The new engineer accidentally incurs the hatred of an engine wiper. The latter places sand in the journals of the engine and then plants a flask of whiskey in Billy's locker. The sanded journals cause a tie-up of the line. An inspector finds the bottle of whiskey in the locker and Billy is suspended. President Wayne has tried in vain to find his son. The man leaves on a tour of inspection. When he arrives at Billy's division, Wayne receives a message telling him his daughter is seriously ill. A special is hastily made up. A shortage of men results in Billy's assignment to the engine. As the boy reaches the roundhouse to take his locomotive out, a steam valve bursts and mortally scalds the wiper. Billy rescues the man and is himself burned, but pluckily insists upon resuming duty. The wiper, dying, confesses he planted the bottle in Billy's locker. The boy takes the Special through on fast time. Wayne comes forward to say a word of appreciation and finds the engineer is his own son. News of his son's heroic conduct reaches Wayne and Billy once more come« to his own.
- Paul, a blind basket weaver, plies his trade at a small seaside village. Anna, a cripple, is madly in love with the handsome young man. He does not know of her deformity and Dolly, who also loves him, is too tender-hearted to tell. Dr. Arnold and his bride visit the village on their honeymoon. The doctor finds that he can restore Paul's sight by a simple operation, and gives Anna his card. Paul and Dolly are overjoyed, but Anna fears he will have nothing to do with her should he recover his sight and discover her deformity. Dolly determines to have the operation. She goes to the hotel and finds to her dismay that the doctor has been called back to the city by an urgent telegram. She regains her good spirits when she remembers that Anna has the doctor's card, bearing his address. Anna is tempted and says that she has lost the card. When she sees Paul's grief she cannot bear to deceive him, and pretends to find the card. Together they write a pathetic little note to Dr. Arnold requesting him to return. He does return and performs the operation. Several weeks later, when the bandages are to be removed from Paul's eyes, Dolly and Anna wait anxiously outside the door. Paul wishes to have Anna by his side. The girl enters the house and sits beside him, holding his hand. As the doctor starts to remove the bandages she can stand it no longer, and has him send for Dolly. Dolly substitutes her hand for Anna's. Anna rushes blindly from the house and towards the cliffs. Paul sees the beauties of the world for the first time by Dolly's side, while at the foot of the cliffs Anna's poor little body is found, bruised and broken.
- A fifteen year-old girl and a thirty year-old woman craft lists and plans to shake up their day-to-day lives, but opportunity doesn't always arrive according to plan.