The Weaker Vessel

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Joe Brooks is taken advantage of by his employer, Captain Williams, who is a jealous former suitor of Joe's wife, Emma. Williams puts Joe in charge...

Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

Mark Stetson, a scheming politician, entangles the Brandons, husband and wife, and their friend, Antoinette, in his smuggling schemes and engineers...

Raised to believe that her mother Elois, is dead, 18-year-old Yvette Muree is aghast to learn that mom is a burlesque queen.

Agnes Belgradin is in love with a young doctor, Loring Brent. When Agnes' father dies, her mother takes her on a trip abroad. She insists that the...

Irving Lawrence owns some of the most decrepit tenements in town and is an all-around bad guy. He won't cooperate with the efforts of his wife,...

Katie Abbott, despairing of being a wallflower, is about to attempt suicide in the village pond when she is rescued by a young stranger.

Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts an affair with a dancer, leading Marian to seek...

Newland Archer is engaged to May Mingott of a prominent New York family. Shortly after the engagement is announced, Newland finds himself attracted...

A young man spends so much time at work on his airplane that he neglects his girl. She goes out on her own to live the high life, but her reputation...

Disguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow path.